Asia Research News 2018 Magazine
Every year, Asia Research News publishes a glossy print magazine featuring research about medicine, technology, space, environment and people from across the region. We are proud to unveil the 2018 […]
Laura Petersen
Loree Griffin Burns is Answering ‘100 Million Questions,’ One Book at a Time
Loree Griffin Burns starts most mornings with a haiku. Reading or crafting the three-line poems with just 17 syllables verges on spiritual practice for the biochemist-turned-author. “It forces me to […]
Steven Kahn Maps Out the Project that will Map the Dark Universe
While many scientists spend entire careers on one subject or even a single question, not every scientist has the countenance to develop an experiment for two decades before it officially […]
More Travel Stories
You’ll find “Getting Naked with Japanese Men” (It sounds scandalous, allow me to explain….) and a lot more about my scuba journey of discovery – complete with sharks and turtles […]
Honey Bees Rapidly Evolve to Overcome New Disease
An international research team has some good news for the struggling honeybee, and the millions of people who depend on them to pollinate crops and other plants. These valuable pollinators […]
The Quantum Middle Man
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a system that could store quantum information for longer times, which is critical for the future […]
Unlocking the Secrets of Okinawan Pottery
For generations, Okinawans potters have passed their expertise directly from master to student. There are no textbooks explaining how to make the beautiful pieces characteristic of Okinawa. Masters go by […]
Mysterious Desert Fairy Circles Share Pattern with Skin Cells
Patterns appearing on both the very large and very small scale are extremely rare, but researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan have found […]
Transforming Japanese Science Communication
More than 95 science communicators gathered at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) on March 19 – 20 to chart a new course for boosting international […]
Light as Puppeteer
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have demonstrated a more robust method for controlling single, micron-sized particles with light. Passing light along optical microfibers […]
Calling the Shots: The Brain’s Decision-making Structure
A key part of the brain involved with decision making, the striatum, appears to operate hierarchically – much like a traditional corporation with executives, middle managers and employees, according to […]
Julia Moore champions scientists as communicators
Long before there were workshops and conferences about science communication, there was Julia Moore. The AAAS Fellow and communication expert has spent a long and distinguished career in Washington, D.C., […]
Yakushima Legs
I reach the top of Mt. Miyanoura as the sun sets on July 4th. Rising 5,808 feet in the middle of Yakushima Island, it’s the highest peak in Japan’s Kyusku […]
Stanford’s Patricia Burchat merges engineering and physics to create new major
If there is one thing Stanford University professor Patricia Burchat loves more than physics, it’s teaching physics. In high school, the subject came naturally and she often found herself imagining how she […]
Biologists try anti-terror technology to spy on corals
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Coral ecologists are taking a page out of the national security playbook: facial recognition technology. Techniques that can pick a terrorist out of a crowd are […]
Alexandra Worden and the eukaryote tree of life
There are trillions of tiny, single-celled organisms in the ocean that biologists know virtually nothing about. It drives AAAS member Alexandra Worden crazy. The marine microbiologist is particularly intrigued by picoeukaryotes—supersmall […]
Whales call, robots listen and help arrives for an imperiled species
What’s worse than looking for a needle in a haystack? Trying to find a whale in a sea shrouded in fog or roiled by wind. It’s a daily ordeal for […]
Night skies under threat from ever-brighter lights
Stargazers from around the world come to Bryce Canyon National Park to experience one of the most spectacular night skies in the United States. To meet demand, rangers offer astronomy […]
Calif. Forest Hailed as Model for New Management Paradigm
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — Walking through towering redwoods here in the mountains hugging Northern California’s coast, the average person wouldn’t know they were in the midst of a “working” forest. […]
New Map Shows Measuring Carbon in Amazon Is Feasible
Calculating how many acres of Amazon forest are cleared each year is relatively easy thanks to satellite imaging. Determining how much carbon is stored in that forest is another matter. […]