STOCKHOLM — Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultrasensitive ...

Morgan Calahan (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Ph.D.) and Antone Chacartegui (Computing Ph.D.) Two Boise State graduate students won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program ...

It’s relatively common knowledge that, on average, women live longer than men. Over the years, people have offered plenty of speculation about why that might be but there were few concrete clues. Now, ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

College is often sold as a golden ticket: you graduate, land a dream job, and watch your bank account grow. But sometimes that ticket comes with a surprise student loan debt. On average, US students ...

A team of scientists has identified five different sleep profiles that link the quality of a person's shut-eye with a variety of health, psychological, and lifestyle outcomes.

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip.

As a Greek American and a public health scholar who has lived through 2 pandemics, I return often to this wisdom from my ancestor. Hippocrates knew, millennia ago, what we still resist admitting today ...

Group stress seems to be spreading like a bad cold. People seem on edge. Tempers are shorter. There’s more honking at the green light. Conversations often turn to resigned regret about the division in ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...

Smart college planning should involve choosing a major that fits your needs and passions, as well as being aware of the median debt you might come to expect.

Source: geralt/Pixabay Defining friendship is elusive. Oprah Winfrey summarized it this way: “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with ...