The massive aspen stand in south-central Utah called ‘Pando’ seems to be taking three disparate ecological paths based on how the segments are managed, according to new research. Go to… Read More »Pando in pieces: Understanding the new breach in the world’s largest living thing
Microwave field sensors are important in practice for a variety of applications across astronomy and communication engineering. The nitrogen vacancy center in diamond allows magnetometric sensitivity, stability and compatibility with… Read More »Picotesla magnetometry of microwave fields with diamond sensors
The brain is an extremely complex organ whose exact functioning remains difficult to understand. On average, the human brain contains 100 billion neurons that fire upon receiving input signals from… Read More »Reverse-engineering the brain to decode input signals from output neuron firing
Marc Mapalo has been passionate about science since a young age. His first memory is poring through a biology book. Mapalo would always turn to the chapter on evolutionary biology.… Read More »A tiny microbe inspired this scientist’s big dreams
Fungi (noun, “FUN-gee” or “FUN-jai”) Like plants or animals, fungi are a distinct form, or kingdom, of living things. Yeast, mold, mildew and mushrooms are all fungi. Lichens seen growing… Read More »Scientists Say: Fungi