Regulations still hold users of unpiloted aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to many of the same requirements that apply to pilots of crewed aircraft. The rules are about to change, but their impact is unclear.
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To work toward clean energy, researchers are looting the toolbox of high-energy physics for new ways to measure phenomena under extreme conditions.
Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of the genome editing technology known as CRISPR, has called for a more open dialogue about the technology's implications and future use.
Ten talented undergraduate students from across the United States and from Mexico City and Puerto Rico met in Washington D.C. Feb. 11-15 to report on the 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
In recent years, Karl Deisseroth has revolutionized neuroscience research. Through the development of ingenious techniques, he has brought researchers closer to understanding how the brain works and how neurons determine behavior.
A million billion viral infections occur every second in the biosphere. And if the quadrillion quadrillion viruses inhabiting just the oceans were lined up, they would span the 120,000 light years of the Milky Way’s diameter a hundred times.
They may not have much to say, but skeletons excavated in Northern Italy could provide a trove of information and a novel approach to studying disease.
A dynamic and novel approach is needed to reduce the accidental catch of pelagic predators, such as the leatherback sea turtle, in the world’s fishing grounds, according to Stanford biologist Larry Crowder.
The deep ocean is the final frontier on Earth and could hold a reservoir of untapped resources to support humanity’s growing population. Robots will soon reveal the deep ocean’s potential to provide for us.
Of the 325 wrongful convictions documented by the non-profit organization the Innocence Project, more than three quarters of them are due to faulty human memory. Figuring out how malleable victims’ memories can be has become a pressing issue in neuroscience research.