To overcome global energy challenges and fight the looming environmental crisis, researchers around the world investigate new materials for converting…
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How do people fall asleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack,” muses the unnamed protagonist in Dorothy Parker’s 1933 short…
MY FAMILY holidays in France are synonymous with one thing: bread. But this year, as everyone else sits down to…
THE year is 2032 and you are at the cutting edge of a revolution. You have just received a blueprint…
High-performing. Durable. Comfortable. These are just some of the adjectives used to describe the Schwinn IC4 Indoor Cycling Bike when…
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and their collaborators have conducted a groundbreaking study targeting ‘jumping genes’…
The Sensibo Pure Air Purifier promises to improve indoor air quality and create a healthier living environment, using advanced technology…
Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink has been given clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out…
EARLY in his career, the University of Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose inspired the artist M. C. Escher to create Ascending…
Credit: AKADEMIYA2063 An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is using satellite remote sensing and machine learning to predict agricultural yields of…
A car is submerged in Faenza, Italy, on May 18, 2023. A rare, triple-whammy of cyclones drove the deadly flooding…
EVERYONE knows what makes a good story. Our hero starts their journey as a flawed but relatable being with a…
Firefighters with Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency work to put out fires in the Tantallon area of Nova Scotia. Firefighters…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. For some people,…
A new tool which could help reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance is showing early promise, through exploiting a bacterial…
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), aboard the Kibo’s Exposed Facility (EF) of the International Space Station, has been on a…
Scientists perform computational simulations for biological molecules detected in meteorites to clarify the origin of life on Earth. All biological…
Most living creatures exhibit a circadian rhythm, an internal clock that repeats around every 24 hours. Now, researchers from Japan…
The many types of cells in the human body are produced through the process of differentiation, in which stem cells…
To many people, the sugars we eat may seem like a luxury that can do more harm than good. But…
The fungus behind an outbreak of dangerous nervous system infections in U.S. residents who underwent cosmetic procedures in Matamoros, Mexico,…
New findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions. If we could rewind the tape of species evolution around…
Home to 8.8 million people as of 2020, New York City is by far the most populous city in the…
Arctic ground squirrels are unique among mammals. Their ability to keep from freezing even when body temperatures dip below that…
Word choice matters — a lot — when it comes to research. That’s the main takeaway from a new article…
LAST year, one of our most commonly held ideas about depression was turned upside down. “Antidepressants study casts doubt on…
Keep track of how many illnesses you have each year to get to grips with your immune healthVicki Turner WHEN…
Mount Sinai researchers have published what they say is the first study to identify a new form of treatment for…
Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat…
Enigmatic, C-shaped antler carvings from France’s Stone Age have puzzled scientists for over 150 years, but now a modern experiment…