Atoms confined to a single line can bind into clusters called Bethe strings. A new experiment points to a mix of many such clusters, though the evidence is still indirect.
A Ph. D. student at the University of Sydney has produced the first comprehensive classification system and map of Martian soils, creating a new framework that could help scientists compare landscapes across the Red Planet and identify promising locations for future exploration, habitation and f...
Researchers already know that humans have a tendency to use egocentric anchoring—a cognitive bias in which people use their own preferences, beliefs and perspectives as a mental starting point (or anchor) to understand or predict what another person thinks, feels or prefers. This is not necessar...
The Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres both got good years out of Linus Ullmark, but neither team kept him around. The Ottawa Senators are the beneficiaries. Ullmark is putting together a record-setting start to the season for the Sens.
New research shows that employees who fear their occupations are disappearing may rationalize misconduct, from slacking off to stealing a co-worker’s lunch.
A German cockroach races across a kitchen floor. Someone grabs a bottle of essential oil spray, soaks the insect and watches it die. The product worked, but a new University of Kentucky study suggests the larger infestation probably did not notice.