University of Exeter Summary: People with prosthetic arms or hands do not experience the 'size-weight illusion' as strongly as other people, new research shows. Researchers tested how the illusion affected

USB connections, the most common interface used globally to connect external devices to computers, are vulnerable to information 'leakage,' making them even less secure than has been thought, research

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary: Researchers report the first sighting in 30 years of a wild alligator snapping turtle in Illinois. The discovery may be a sign of hope for this

Northwestern University Summary: Who is she, this little mummy girl? Scientists and students are working to unravel some of her mysteries, including how her body was prepared 1,900 years ago in Egypt,

Regular surfers and bodyboarders are three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant E. coli in their guts than non-surfers University of Exeter Summary: Scientists compared fecal samples from surfers

Queen's University Belfast Summary: Researchers have found that female cats are much more likely to use their right paw than males. Female cat (stock image). Credit: © dionoanomalia / Fotolia Researchers

University of California - Riverside Summary: Researchers show how Argentine ants use chemical secretions as weapons in their interactions with harvester ants, which are native to California. The findings

University of Zurich Summary: A new algorithm allows drones to fly completely by themselves through the streets of a city and in indoor environments. The algorithm had to learn traffic rules and adapt

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Summary: Researchers have identified a star which is a key to the formation of the first chemical elements in the Galaxy. First stars of the Milky Way. Credit:

Researchers have discovered a peculiar spiral jet with many twists Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Summary: An international group of scientists has discovered a peculiar spiral jet with many

Rutgers University Summary: Engineers have invented a '4-D printing' method for a smart gel that could lead to the development of 'living' structures in human organs and tissues, soft robots and targeted

Duke University Summary: Scientists have discovered that DNA contains a kind of built-in timer that clocks the frequency with which mutations occur. They show that DNA bases can shape-shift for a thousandth

University of Washington Summary: Researchers have reconstructed prehistoric projectiles and points from ancient sites in what is now Alaska and studied the qualities that would make for a lethal hunting

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: A slab of sandstone found on the campus of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland may help scientists rewrite the history of mammal and dinosaur co-existence

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Summary: High concentrations of heavy metals, like copper and gold, are toxic for most living creatures. This is not the case for the bacterium C. metallidurans,

University of Wyoming Summary: Natural fluctuations in climate have occurred over past millennia, which would have naturally led to climatic cooling today in the absence of human activity. Little Pond,

University of Innsbruck Summary: By analyzing sediment cores from Chilean lakes, an international team of scientists discovered that giant earthquakes reoccur with relatively regular intervals. When also

Dartmouth College Summary: You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a new study finding that friends have similar neural responses to real-world stimuli and these similarities can

University of Wisconsin-Madison Summary: Space physicists have just released unprecedented detail on a bizarre phenomenon that powers the northern lights, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (the biggest

Georgetown University Medical Center Summary: It has often been claimed that humans learn language using brain components that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence strongly suggests