Category: Technology

Popular diabetes medications, including GLP-1 drug...

Drugs like Ozempic, other blood sugar-reducing medications, may stave off dementia.

On Jupiter, it's mushballs all the way down

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing....

Inside Yellowstone's fiery heart: Researchers map ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volca...

Living fungus-based building material repairs itse...

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show t...

Bite-sized chunks of chicken with the texture of w...

A bioreactor that mimics a circulatory system can deliver nutrients and oxygen to artificial tissue, enabling the production of ov...

'Cosmic radio' could find dark matter in 15 years

Scientists have designed a 'cosmic radio' detector which could discover dark matter in 15 years.

Favorite music sets the brain's opioids in motion

A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system.

Nurturing now, thriving later: The lasting power o...

Affectionate mothering in childhood may have a lasting impact on important personality traits, potentially influencing life outcom...

The most distant twin of the Milky Way ever observ...

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed jus...

Our DNA is at risk of hacking, warn scientists

According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-...

Holiday flights could carry fewer passengers as wo...

By the 2060s, some airports with shorter runways may need to reduce their maximum take-off weight by the equivalent of approximate...

New giant virus isolated

Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common in...

Scientists find evidence that overturns theories o...

Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientis...

Secret to crocodylian longevity

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their ...

Is my green your green?

'Do we see colors the same way?' is a fundamentally human question and one of great importance in research into the human mind. Wh...

Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo ...

A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV ...

'Big surprise': Astronomers find planet in perpend...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time...

Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly...

A new study analyzing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming events jus...

RoboBee comes in for a landing

A recently created RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature's most graceful...

Cosmic twist: The universe could be spinning

A new study suggests the universe may rotate -- just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of astronomy's biggest puz...