$10 million grant supports international team’s efforts

What is ISIS’s appeal for young people—and can propaganda videos produced by extremist organizations actually incite violence?

The specimen was fossilized with remarkably intact guard hairs, underfur, tiny hedgehog-like spines, and even evidence of a fungal hair infection

Novel approach promises an easier, less costly way to do so

New forms of glassy molecules surprise and intrigue engineers

The importance of dietary carbohydrate in human evolution

Theory has applications to widespread areas of science

The first comprehensive analysis of the woolly mammoth genome reveals extensive genetic changes that allowed mammoths to adapt to life in the arctic. Mammoth genes that differed from their counterparts in elephants played roles in skin and hair development, fat metabolism, insulin signaling and numerous other traits. Genes linked to physical traits such as skull shape, small ears and short tails were also identified. As a test of function, a mammoth gene involved in temperature sensation was resurrected in the laboratory and its protein product characterized. 

A surprising new study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that goal priming can backfire, especially when consumers are in uncommon situations

University of Chicago to establish Genomic Data Commons.

Science begins with observation, and many defining moments in scientific progress followed the introduction of new ways to observe the world, from microscopes and telescopes to X-rays and MRIs.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 15 universities joining an initiative to increase the percentage of women and minorities pursuing undergraduate degrees in computer science. UIC and each of the other universities will receive $30,000 a year for three years to support their efforts. 

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way to create a highly sensitive chemical sensor based on the crystalline flaws in graphene sheets. The imperfections have unique electronic properties that the researchers were able to exploit to increase sensitivity to absorbed gas molecules by 300 times. 

Nanoparticles of magnetite, the most abundant magnetic material on earth, are found in living organisms from bacteria to birds. Nanocrystals of magnetite self-assemble into fine compass needles in the organism that help it to navigate.

New Fermilab experiment will test the nature of the universe.