A team of researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has conducted the first experimental observation of the branched flow of spatially incoherent light—in this case, using liquid dish soap. In… Read More »Observation of the branched flow of spatially incoherent light in dish soap
Plastic pollution is piling up all over Earth and entering the oceans too. That includes tiny bits called microplastics. These are pieces that are about the size of a grain… Read More »Analyze This: Corals stash microplastics in their skeletons
As Earth’s climate has been warming, the risk of urban flooding has grown, too. Building ponds to collect excess rainwater can limit that flooding. But in some places, those ponds… Read More »Ponds made to control floods can spew climate-warming gases, study finds
Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions. Scientists have discovered that hypothalamic neurons in an animal model directly detect variations… Read More »Decoding a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures. Warmer temperatures brought plants — and then came even warmer temperatures, according to new model… Read More »Changes in vegetation shaped global temperatures over last 10,000 years