Scientists report that a simple decision-making task does not involve the frontal lobes, where many of the higher aspects of human cognition, including self-awareness, are thought to originate.

Physicists have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by potentially deadly bacteria to fend off antibiotics, a discovery which is providing new insights into how germs adapt and ...

A team from MIT has just reached a significant milestone in understanding superconductors by demonstrating exceptional ...

Have you ever stopped to think about the little things that make your daily life easier? Everyday tools, devices, and transportation mechanisms play a huge role in simplifying tasks. We can become ...

Have you ever heard of a twistlock? Unless you’re a stevedore, probably not. Yet this little mechanism is what makes it possible to stack shipping containers onto cargo ships larger than city ...

When we think of bacteria, images of nasty infections like pneumonia, meningitis or food poisoning come to mind, but bacteria can themselves be infected - by viruses, also called bacteriophages.

Although the word “metamaterial” sounds fancy–and they do often have sci-fi properties like giving the world real-life transformers and invisibility cloaks–all it really means is a material designed ...

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has significant impact on global climate and relevance for seasonal forecasts. Recently, a simple modeling framework was developed that captures the ENSO diversity, ...

We ask whether the absence of information about other voters' preferences allows optimal voting to be interpreted as sincere. We start by classifying voting mechanisms as simple and complex according ...