According to research by the IfM Bonn, strengthening research collaboration between universities and businesses requires regional technology transfer networks in which technology transfer offices at ...

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa adopt agricultural inputs, including fertilizer, at low rates, contributing to low agricultural productivity. Previous research has shown that insufficient ...

Neurons in humans and other mammals express many exceptionally long genes, ranging from more than 100 kbp to more than 2 Mbp, ...

Light is traditionally described by properties such as wavelength, amplitude, phase and polarization. Advances in optics have ...

The way a product is labeled can change how consumers think about it. "No added sugar" or "99% fat-free" can make food sound ...

A new national study reveals the widespread reach of violence across the United States, finding that more than half of U.S.

Two-thirds of a century after Jane Goodall observed "David Greybeard" break off a twig to fashion a fishing rod for termites, ...

This year, greyhound racing in Britain turns 100 years old. The first race took place on July 24, 1926, in Manchester, where ...

Heat stress is a leading cause of weather-related deaths and can be especially dangerous in cities, where phenomena like urban heat islands drive temperatures higher than in surrounding rural areas.

A new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating to around 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period, has been ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts but can be used in the production of fuels and other ...

Weather forecasts inform countless everyday decisions—from farmers deciding when to sow crops and energy companies ...