The conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other ...

Apple's autocorrect on iPhone and iPad always aims to help when you're typing a message, but it's by no means perfect, and some of the replacements it continually spews out can be frustrating.

Bright idea: Wolfgang Ketterle (in his M.I.T lab) hopes to discover new forms of matter by studying ultracold atoms. Richard Howard Where's the coldest spot in the universe? Not on the moon, where the ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

It’s easy to ignore those little green shoots that appear on forgotten potatoes, but they’re more than just unsightly. When potatoes sprout, they start producing natural toxins that can make them ...

THE Low Temperature Group of the Physical Society at a meeting on December 18, 1947, discussed insulating materials for use at low temperatures.

Rhonda Brooks is the Agronomy Editor for Farm Journal and AgWeb, covering all aspects of crop production. A Missouri native with a background in agricultural communications, she has previously worked ...

To track progress toward the World Bank Group’s vision of a world free of poverty on a livable planet, it is necessary to regularly measure poverty through the collection and analysis of timely and ...