Category Science & Discovery

A UC Riverside computer science team has developed a sensor-based technology that could revolutionize commercial beekeeping by reducing colony losses and lowering labor costs. Called the Electronic Bee-Veterinarian, or EBV, the technology uses low-cost heat sensors and forecasting models to…

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings. However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong. A new hypothesis focusing on ferrihydrite…

The full disk of Mars is seen with the polar ice caps slightly off center to the top left and bottom right. Clouds wrap around the planet’s curved horizons. Dark surface markings are clearly seen against the characteristic red tones…

Mammograms can help to detect breast cancers early, increasing the chance of successful treatment.Credit: Eduardo Briones/Europa Press via Getty Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, but survival chances vary drastically depending on where a woman lives,…

As far as animals go, honeybees are world-class dancers. While not as deep and complex as a Super Bowl half-time show, the bees’ moves, known as the “waggle” dance, convey very specific food foraging instructions to their nestmates. The direction…

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Sulfur-crested cockatoos feed on a lawn in Australia. These birds take life’s slow lane, electing to skip breeding in harsh seasons to increase the chances they’ll life to breed another day. Credit: Kelly Kapsar, Michigan State University. Birds worldwide make…

One of the privileges of being on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge is seeing glimpses of the future, from advances in quantum computing and energy sustainability and production, to designing new antibiotics. Do I…

Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that could lead to cheaper, reusable biomarker sensors for quickly detecting proteins in bodily fluids, eliminating the need to send samples out to lab centers for testing.…

Apple users have long requested the option to transfer digital content—like movies and apps—between two accounts, and those wishes have now been granted. Whether you use two accounts in tandem, you’re moving from an old account to a new one,…