Category: Technology
Key player in childhood food allergies identified:...
Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflam...
Study reveals a deep brain region that links the s...
Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And whi...
Ultraviolet data from NASA's Europa Clipper missio...
The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning fo...
Two HIV vaccine trials show proof of concept for p...
A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibo...
Asians made humanity's longest prehistoric migrati...
An international genomics study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration. These ear...
New gene editor enables greater precision
A new gene editor may soon open the door to gene therapies for a wider array of diseases.
Bismuth's mask uncovered: Implications for quantum...
Whether bismuth is part of a class of materials highly suitable for quantum computing and spintronics was a long-standing issue. R...
New auditory brainstem implant shows early promise
Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limita...
Log in to your computer with a secret message enco...
Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular d...
In healthy aging, carb quality counts
Intakes of dietary fiber and high-quality carbohydrates in midlife are linked to increased likelihood of healthy aging and other p...
Very different mammals follow the same rules of be...
In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is gl...
Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents t...
New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a st...
Wild orangutans show communication complexity thou...
Researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalize with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communicat...
Study reveals healing the ozone hole helps the Sou...
New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but o...
Overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring
Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to...
One in ten asthma cases can be avoided with a bett...
The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the risk of asthma in both children a...
Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid car...
How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and humidity?
Researchers find CRISPR is capable of even more th...
Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from s...
Vast Aztec trade networks behind ancient obsidian ...
Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced this important mat...
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and ca...
Engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around...