Open-access scientific publishing is gaining ground AT THE beginning of April, Research Councils UK, a conduit through which the government transmits taxpayers’ money to academic researchers... Read more
IN THE world of academic publishing, it is hard to get more traditional than Nature. The British scholarly weekly has been reporting scientific breakthroughs since 1869. It hews to the time-... Read more
With this breakthrough the immune system can learn to recognize any type of flu virus and attack the pathogen, preventing illness. A new process to make a one-time, universal influenza vacci... Read more
Irrigation has helped farmers feed a population that has now reached 7 billion people. But in many places farmers have overused underground aquifers that have taken thousands of years to for... Read more
Intense competition among scientists has led to abuses. Is there a better way? When Isaac Newton developed calculus and his theory of gravity, he reaped a reward far greater than stock optio... Read more
Next-generation science e-books may help keep young people engaged Science can advance quickly, rendering existing textbooks obsolete. Now new digital textbooks are emerging intended to bett... Read more
In yet another instance of science imitating science fiction, researchers are inching toward the sort of three-dimensional “telepresence” technology that Princess Leia used to co... Read more
Image by liquidsunshine49 via Flickr Rats given access to high-fat foods showed some of the same characteristics as animals hooked on cocaine or heroin–and found it hard to quit even w... Read more
Enough sunlight bathes Earth’s daytime half in an hour to meet all human energy needs for a year. Sadly, there are several problems with meeting human energy demands by tapping such ab... Read more