Cambridge, Massachusetts - Electrical resistance is a simple concept: Rather like friction slowing down an object rolling on a surface, resistance slows the flow of electrons through a conductive material. But two physicists have now found that electrons can sometimes cooperate to turn resistance on its head, producing vortices and backward flow of electric current.

Washington, DC - Friday, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer began a series of expeditions to explore America's vast marine protected areas in the central and western Pacific Ocean. Scientists will use unmanned remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, that can dive down 3.7 miles to explore never-before-seen deepwater habitats and minerals, marine animals, and potentially, a World War II aircraft carrier. The dives will be broadcast live from the seafloor, allowing anyone with Internet access to watch in real-time.

Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of State will host a program promoting health, advocacy, and gender equality at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, February 29, 2016, in the Burns Auditorium of the State Department’s Marshall Center for a “Running Start” into Women’s History Month 2016.

Reston, Virginia - The areas of the United States that are most at risk of a potentially invasive salamander fungus are the Pacific coast, the southern Appalachian Mountains and the mid-Atlantic regions, according to a recently published U.S. Geological Survey report.

Barcelona, Spain - Intel Corporation announced new industry partnerships and products that lay the groundwork for faster, smarter and more efficient 5G wireless networks designed to deliver amazing new experiences throughout daily life.

Washington, DC - Drug manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC will sell the rights and assets for two generic drugs, and relinquish its U.S. marketing rights to a third generic drug, in order to settle FTC charges that Hikma’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of Roxane would likely be anticompetitive.