Academics and Research

Overall funding for research rose almost 4 percent last year, while federal funding alone - the largest category - rose 6.3 percent.
DeFUNKit, which is close to commerical release, uses a coating of silver nanoparticles that keep sweaty clothes from getting smelly.
OIMB's Kelly Sutherland and colleagues detail how a colonial jelly uses multiple jets to move and turn rapidly, especially when seeking food.
Massive collaboration reveals that fewer than half of findings from 100 studies in psychological science could be reproduced.
Evidence from two almost-intact skulls may revolutionize our understanding of the saber-toothed salmon, an ancient Pacific Northwest species.