For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the longleaf pine. The forest once stretched across 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, but about 5% of that original…
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How fire, people and history shaped the South's iconic longleaf pine forests
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Why some people speak up against prejudice, while others do not
When people encounter racism or discrimination, they don’t all respond in the same way. Some calmly challenge the remark, some file a complaint, others confront the offender aggressively—and many say nothing at all.
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Scientists once thought the brain couldn't be changed. Now we know different
For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the brain developed during childhood, settled into a stable form in early adulthood, and then resisted meaningful change for…
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Core-shell anode delivers 4x efficiency boost to sodium-ion batteries
Researchers in Germany have unveiled a low-cost anode that achieved an initial efficiency of 82 percent and could significantly boost the performance of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs).
Developed by scientists at the Federal Institute for…
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Biomass could play a key role in Canada's transition to a carbon-neutral economy
Record forest fires, under-utilized agricultural residues like straw and husks and struggling sawmills have left Canada with an abundance of undervalued biomass. If carefully and strategically managed, this resource could become a powerful ally…
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White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year
Historically, corporate boardrooms have been mostly white and mostly male. Yet the trend started shifting in the 1970s, in part due to gains from the civil rights era and pro-diversity efforts by activists and business groups.
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New research initiative aims to develop retinal screening tool for Alzheimer’s
The human eye may literally become a window revealing the earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease, thanks to a new federally funded research initiative at Oregon Health & Science University.
The new five-year, $3.3 million award…
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Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump
On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen in the last few days,” referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.
Amodei focused on the importance…
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Want to ride your bicycle? Study highlights rise of Canada's bike network
A new Simon Fraser University study has found that Canada’s cycling network is growing, but not everyone is benefiting. Between 2022 and 2024, nearly 3,600 kilometers of high-quality cycling infrastructure was added across the country, with the…
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Reconfigurable robotic fish reveals how stiffness and wave propagation shape swimming performance
How can some fish, like tuna, achieve remarkable speed while others, like eels, excel in maneuverability? A research team from Peking University (PKU) has developed a novel robotic platform that sheds new light on this classic biomechanical puzzle.
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