The American chestnut once dominated the eastern forests of the United States. A fungal pathogen, Cryphonectria parasitica, was introduced to the US in the early…
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Infectious disease has posed a greater threat to human survival and welfare throughout both our recent and distant past. Given the implications of disease-causing parasites…
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At arc volcanoes, forecasting the brutal shift from effusive to explosive activity is challenging. Pre-explosive conduit conditions were retrieved from pumices and, together with numerical…
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The quest for two-dimensional (2D) materials, starting with graphene in 2004, remains strong. While graphene retains the title of strongest solid, intense research has shown…
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Autism Spectrum Disorder is one of the fastest growing developmental delays and has risen by 700% since 1996, now impacting 1 in 40 children in…
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The atomic stacking sequence of materials known as the complex oxides can be critical to material properties. For instance, the oxide YBa2Cu3O7 is superconducting only…
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology offer extremely optimistic possibilities to be applied in various disciplines of science and technology. Nobel laureate Richard Feynman laid the foundation for…
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) and halogens (HCl, HF, HBr) are the most abundant acidic species in volcanic plumes, affecting public health and forming acid rain downwind…
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Yale scientists have created a new device that uses laser light to access sound waves and harnessed such light sound interactions to create a new…
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Australian researchers believe that mental well-being and illnesses such as depression or anxiety are separate constructs. They came to this conclusion after testing the processing…
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Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer type among women. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that in 2018, 627,000 women succumbed…
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