BedZED in Hackbridge, London. Credit: Tom Chance, CC BY-SA By Melissa C. Lott, University College London The primary goal of home energy efficiency initiatives might be to reduce total energy…

Diabetes doubled in the U.S. from 1990 to 2008 and while it remains high, new data suggest at least it isn't continuing to rise across the board. Rates among adults from 2008 and 2012 for adults…

Planck telescope and the Cosmic microwave background. ESA and Planck, CC BY By Robert Crittenden, University of Portsmouth In March, scientists working on the BICEP2 experiment, a microwave telescope…

Civil engineering scholars have created a method that uses solar energy to accelerate pond reclamation efforts by industry and that means cleaning up oil sands tailings could be a lot greener.…

Man has domesticated animals for almost long as man has domesticated crops. In both cases, humans have engaged in genetic modification, selecting the best traits possible. Because of that legacy,…

But which words will lead to action? Credit: EPA By James Painter, University of Oxford Each of the 125 leaders attending the New York climate summit this week has been given four minutes to speak to…

Climate March, New York City By Alessandro R Demaio, Harvard University Groundbreaking pledges of funding from the French, 120+ heads of state attending, famous faces calling for greater action and…

Five families of notothenioid fish inhabit the Southern Ocean, the frigid sea that encircles Antarctica, manufacture their own "antifreeze" proteins to survive. Their ability to live in the icy…

There is a downside to 'follow the money' arguments made by academics against scientists in pharmaceutical and oil companies - it comes back to haunt them also. A paper in PNAS finds that Americans…

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder, is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.S. Some medical centers move patients quickly into…

In the early morning hours of March 4th, 2002, a reconnaissance team of US Navy SEALs became pinned down on the ridge dividing the Upper and Lower Shahikot valley in Afghanistan. A Chinook helicopter…

In 1993, Professor John Anthony Allan of King’s College London coined the term "Virtual water" because the term 'embedded water' "did not capture the attention of the water managing community" and he…

Arctic sea ice coverage declined to its annual minimum on September 17th and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder find that this year's minimum…

If you had an angel walking beyond you, would you be more reckless or more cautious? It's surprising how many people believe that guardian angels watch over them to keep them safe in a dangerous…

What causes segregation? No one knows. No one even knows where the line is. For example, in science classes, there is worry that if there are not enough people 'like' an individual, they will feel…

Nature Publishing Group has announced that Nature Communications will only accept open access research submissions starting October 20th 2014. This is a big win for open access.  The 2013 Impact…

Khabarovsk Krai, a territory occupying the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, is on fire. Dozens of red hotspots, accompanied by plumes of smoke mark active fires. The smoke, which appears mostly white…

Electrical engineering researchers have developed a unique nanoscale device that demonstrates mechanical transportation of light. The nanoscale device that can capture, measure and transport…

Gravitational waves are phenomena predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity but no one has ever observed them and their discovery would have profound implications for the study of the…

Preliminary results from a recent study show that a blood test, when used in psychiatric patients experiencing symptoms that are considered to be indicators of a high risk for psychosis, identifies…