Texas A&M physics graduate student Ryan Amberger getting hands-on experience in the art and science of making targets at Argonne National Laboratory.

Amberger (right), working with fellow young researchers in a small-group laboratory setting focused on the techniques and instrumentation needed to produce targets as part of Nuclear Target ...

The perfect proportions for a roof to maximize a building’s energy efficiency according to physics. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

A cortical neuron treated with JRT, a synthetic molecule similar to the psychedelic drug LSD. Drugs like JRT might enable new treatments for conditions such as schizophrenia, without the ...

Gary Feinman and a crew member exposing a plaster floor on Terrace 925 in El Palmillo. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN, the Shearer Chair of Healthy Community Practices, Professor of Nutrition Science, and Director of Nutrition programs in Penn Nursing's Department of Biobehavior ...

Virginia Tech Translational Biology, Medicine and Health graduate student Zach Hutelin at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute demonstrates a pump system he engineered to measure participants’ ...

A new study suggests that perceived stress and depression factor into the relationship between insomnia and hazardous drinking – perhaps not a surprise. But because the relationship between insomnia ...

An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science’s long-running questions – and it could change our understanding of how life began.   Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in ...

A new study cracks the code for increasing sustainability of the pest-killing proteins in genetically engineered crops.

New research from the University of Waterloo suggests increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply reducing sodium intake.

Understanding how genes influence complex behaviors remains one of biology’s most fascinating challenges. Now, however, in a ...