Category: Technology
Overlooked cells might explain the human brain's h...
Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their mod...
The magic of light: Dozens of images hidden in a s...
New technology that uses light's color and spin to display multiple images.
'Raindrops in the Sun's corona': New adaptive opti...
Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team ...
The ocean seems to be getting darker
Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, ...
Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawai...
This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Resea...
Nearly five million seized seahorses just 'tip of ...
Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, accordi...
Ongoing surface modification on Jupiter's moon Eur...
A series of experiments support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope that found evidence that the ic...
Observing one-dimensional anyons: Exotic quasipart...
Scientists have observed anyons -- quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and bosons -- in a one-dimensional quantu...
Whether it's smoking or edibles, marijuana can be ...
A new study finds that chronic cannabis use -- whether it's smoked or consumed in edible form -- is associated with significant ca...
Mid-air transformation helps flying, rolling robot...
Engineers have developed a real-life Transformer that has the 'brains' to morph in midair, allowing the drone-like robot to smooth...
A sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in So...
New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and constru...
A leap forward in transparent antimicrobial coatin...
Hydrogen boride (HB) nanosheets can inactivate viruses, bacteria, and fungi within minutes in the dark conditions. By coating surf...
Engineers discover a new class of materials that p...
A serendipitous observation has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from th...
Male bodybuilders face high risk of sudden cardiac...
Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders worldwide with the highest ris...
Toothache from eating something cold? Blame these ...
New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evol...
Newfound mechanism rewires cellular energy process...
Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in...
Scientists reveal how energy is delivered into the...
A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ATP, i...
Mind the band gap! -- researchers create new nanos...
Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be moulded into various structur...
Different phases of evolution during ice age
Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There foll...
When the sea moves inland: A global climate wake-u...
As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt. Salinization of...
