Today's Science News
April 27, 2024
Shortness of breath, fatigue characterises Long COVID - A study of Swedish Long COVID patients has revealed the symptoms most commonly associated with the afflication include dyspnoea and fatigue.Extracting high-purity gold from electrical and electronic waste - Korea relies on imports for most of its metal resources, and in recent years, due to resource depletion and rising raw material prices, 'circular resources' that recycle waste metal resources have emerged.
International balance of power determined by Chinese control over emerging technologies, study shows - The fierce competition between China and the United States of America for control of emerging technologies such as AI and 5G will determine the international balance of power, a new study says.
Tropical fish are invading Australian ocean water - A University of Adelaide study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian waters.
Can a drug like Ozempic help treat addictions to alcohol, opioids or other substances? - Semaglutide (sold as Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus) was initially developed to treat diabetes.
Astronomers Will Get Gravitational Wave Alerts Within 30 Seconds - Any event in the cosmos generates gravitational waves, the bigger the event, the more disturbance.
April 26, 2024
Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’ - A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV.Could automation, electrification of long-haul trucking reduce environmental impacts? - A new University of Michigan study finds that automation and electrification of long-haul trucking can reduce urban health impacts and environmental damages.
Traces of hallucinogenic plants and chile peppers found at Maya ball court suggest rituals took place there - An environmental DNA analysis of soil collected at an ancient Maya ball court reveals that the site was once part of a ritual.
Next Generation Ion Engines Will Be Extremely Powerful - During the Space Race, scientists in both the United States and the Soviet Union investigated the concept of ion propulsion.
Neutron Stars Could be Capturing Primordial Black Holes - The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core.
Bella moths use poison to attract mates. Scientists are closer to finding out how - Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are as bitter and toxic as they are hard to pronounce.
The 2024 Cicada Emergence Is Coming, Here’s Everything to Know - In 2024, cicada broods from 13-year to 17-year cycles will emerge at the same time.
Crown-of-thorns culling effective for suppressing outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef - New research has found that targeted surveillance and culling of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) can effectively suppress outbreaks to protect coral reef
PTSD tied to 95 'risk hotspots' in the genome - In a group effort, scientists from all over the world came together to create a detailed map of the genetic causes behind PTSD.
NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science - NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International
Site-Wide Environmental Assessment for Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts of
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates - Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
New UTI vaccine wards off infection for years, early studies suggest - More than 50% of the patients who used a new mouth-spray-based vaccine didn't have a UTI for up to nine years.
Shaping The Future Of AI For Fundamental Physics - From April 30 to May 3 more than 300 researchers in fundamental physics will gather in Amsterdam for the first edition of the EUCAIF conference, an initiative supported by the APPEC, NuPecc and ECFA consortia, which is meant to structure future European research activities in fundamental physics with Artificial Intelligence technologies.
US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission - A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.
Social Media Reveals How Freeways Damage Social Ties - Data from X (formerly Twitter) shows that freeways still choke social ties more than half a century after they were built
US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much - Excluding one pandemic year, emissions are lower than they've been since the 1980s.
World’s oases threatened by desertification, even as humans expand them - Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world’s population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area.
A Solar Panel Standoff Threatens U.S. Climate Plans - Inexpensive Chinese solar panels are pitting Americans who want cheap equipment against those who want to make it
Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes - Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community of volunteers are making research into these bursts possible.
Blood test powered by AI could catch osteoarthritis 8 years earlier than X-ray, early data show - A new blood test could determine whether someone will develop knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before structural damage is picked up by an X-ray.
We've never seen the Fitbit Versa at this rock bottom price before, surely it won't be around long - Amazon is offering 48% off the versatile fitness tracker-come-smartwatch, so long as you like pink or black.
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit - The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.
How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens - Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers - The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use.
Across the Finish Line! Citizen Science Month Final Days. - One Million Acts of Science challenge met, but lots of important project work is still left!
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away - NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.
Hubble Spots a Magnificent Barred Galaxy - The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this
Optimizing Organoid Culture for Development and Disease Modeling - Discover how to grow mini-organs for the advanced investigation of in vivo processes.
Bonobos aren’t as peace-loving as we thought - The endangered bonobo, the great ape of the Central African rainforest, has a reputation for being a bit of a hippie.
BIG QUESTION: Kelly C. Smith on the role of the scientist in society. - Kelly C. Smith is a Professor and Chair of the Deparatment of Philosophy and Religion at Clemson University.
Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems - Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems
Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo) - Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.
1,430 ancient Roman graves scattered with funerary festival leftovers unearthed in southern France - Archaeologists in southern France have excavated an ancient Roman cemetery containing 1,430 graves and traces of a funerary festival, during which families feasted by the graves of relatives.
NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars - At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life.
Solar Uber Alles: Germans Turn On The Green Party After Realizing They Lied About Nuclear Energy - With the solar and wind replacements touted by the German Green Party shown to be expensive failures, and environmentalists helping the German coal industry lie about its emissions to avoid blame for getting nuclear energy banned being exposed, the knives are out for the activists who drove Germany into such a state that German companies are closin
Gliding genes found in mammals - Some mammals, like the Australian marsupial sugar glider, have special adaptations to glide through the air or even move about using powered flight like bats.
Trajectory Reverse Engineering - A strategy for transferring spacecraft trajectories between flight mechanics tools, called Trajectory Reverse Engineering (TRE), has been developed[1].
Early Star Wars Day Lego deal: $130 off UCS Razor Crest - This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130 off
Antarctica’s Terror Bird Was an Apex Predator of the Eocene Epoch - When Antarctica was lush with forests during the Eocene, there was a carnivorous bird that had a curved beak and terrifying claws.
5 sci-fi movies that weren't great but still deserve a sequel - We're constantly talking about good movies that deserve a sequel, but what about the divisive ones that, while not great, had cool ideas worth building upon?
Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb unearthed in China may be that of ancient king - It's not known who was buried in the tomb, but one expert says it was probably the Chu state ruler.
NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States - The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there.
20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak - The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.
Japan’s Lunar Lander Survives its Third Lunar Night - Space travel and exploration was never going to be easy.
Lost opportunity: We could’ve started fighting climate change in 1971 - President Nixon's science advisors recommended building global CO2 monitoring network.
NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue - NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue.
NASA’s Commercial Partners Deliver Cargo, Crew for Station Science - NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International Space Station.
Interstitium: A Network of Living Spaces Supports Anatomical Interconnectedness - What researchers once regarded as a byproduct of biology may hold the key to understanding health and disease.
As Bird Flu Spreads through Cows, Is Pasteurized Milk Safe to Drink? - H5N1 influenza virus particles have been detected in commercially sold milk, but it’s not clear how the virus is spreading in cattle or whether their milk could infect humans
Chemical Pollutants Can Change Your Skin Bacteria, Increasing Eczema Risk - Certain chemicals in synthetic fabrics such as spandex, nylon and polyester can alter the skin microbiome.
Imaging the microstructural landscape of amorphous carbons - Prof. Wu HengAn's team from the University of Science and Technology of China has presented six representative phases of amorphous carbons based on large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, achieving a comprehensive microstructural landscape of amorphous carbons.
People Keep Secrets Because They Overestimate Harsh Judgments - Research suggests that people tend to exaggerate how critically they will be viewed if they reveal negative information about themselves to others
Great White Sharks Band Together to Prey on Whales - These two marine giants rarely clash head-to-head.
NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space - It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024.
How Unhealthy Are Ultra-Processed Foods? - Processed foods have been blamed for many health problems, but dietary research is tricky and nuanced
Ten Amazing Facts About Tornadoes, Explained - To prepare you for the movie “Twisters,” we’ve compiled some jaw-dropping details about the powerful phenomenon
Slow pace of Ozone improvement poses threat to Antarctic life - Despite the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer, vital for obstructing UV radiation from the sun, isn’t fully repaired.
Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall - "This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."
Using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells to advance heart regenerative therapy - Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function.
Cicadas Are Basically Safe for You—And Your Dog—to Eat. Here’s What to Know - Here’s what a chef, a vet and two anthropologists have to say about eating periodical cicadas
The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready - Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near misses
Dancing spiders inspired this biologist to teach others - Inspired by his research in animal communication, Echeverri began exploring ways to teach others about science while finishing his Ph.D. Today, he shares his passion for spiders as a science communicator.
Recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge ash to address problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores - Valuable supplies of phosphorus could be recovered from sewage sludge ash, which remains after the sludge has been burned for electric power generation.
Black Holes Can Halt Star Formation in Massive Galaxies - It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing.
Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years - The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative.
Solar Companies, Only Viable By Government Mandates And Subsidies, Plead For Bailout - If you have to pay for companies to make a product, and then pay for people to buy it, and then pay for them to use it, you don't have a product, you have government wishful thinking.
A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find? - Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.
Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been 'pathways for the dead' - Archaeologists used lidar to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic monuments hidden in farmland in Ireland.
One-pot strategy to simultaneously achieve heterodehydrocoupling of hydrostannane and reduction of quinoline - Heteroatom tin compounds (SSn, OSn, NSn, PSn) composed of heteroatoms S, O, N, P and tin atoms have attracted intense attention due to their wide applications in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical fields.
Thiol-ene click reaction offers a novel approach to fabricate elastic ferroelectrics - A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficient approach to fabricate elastic relaxor ferroelectrics via thiol-ene click reaction.
Tweak to Schrödinger's cat equation could unite Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics, study hints - Physicists have proposed modifications to the infamous Schrödinger's cat paradox that could help explain why quantum particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously, while large objects (like the universe) seemingly cannot.
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk - A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.
More efficient molecular motor widens potential applications - Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Coke accounts for 10% of branded plastic pollution - Soft drink manufacturers Coca-Cola and Pepsi account for a sixth of the world’s branded plastic waste and more than half can be traced to just 56 companies according to a global study.
April 25, 2024
Conservation is saving species, global study says - A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say.Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space - "The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."
Mapping the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field in 3D - We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa - Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.
Making Light of Gravity - Physicist Claudia de Rham on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity .
Elizabeth Bates and the Search for the Roots of Human Language - In the 1970s a young psychologist challenged a popular theory of how we acquire language, launching a fierce debate that continues to this day
NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed - Solar Sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space.
Black holes are getting caught in “traffic jams” - A new study reveals the complex dynamics of black holes in the centres of galaxies, how they slow down and interact with each other.
New Pollution Regulations Could Largely Eliminate Coal Power by the 2030s - The EPA has released four new pollution rules, most focusing on coal-fired power, as the final pieces of Biden’s push to clean up the power sector
There Are No Non-GMO Strawberries - A new study has shown conclusively that no matter how many 'organic' industry companies give money to Environmental Working Group and Non-GMO Project to spread misinformation and doubt about their competitors, none on the market are free of genetic modification.
World's thinnest gold leaf, dubbed 'goldene,' is just 1 atom thick - Goldene is the latest 2D material to be made since graphene was first created in 2004.
How Temperate Forests Could Help Limit Climate Change - People understand how saving tropical forests is good for the planet, but temperate forests are equally indispensable in fighting climate change
What’s Next In The Ozempic Era? - Diabetes, weight loss and now heart health: A new family of drugs is changing the way scientists are thinking about obesity — and more uses are on the horizon
It Doesn't Take Long to Reset Your Gut Health With Small Lifestyle Changes - How long does it take to improve your gut health?
Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato - Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.
Towards novel promising perovskite-type ferroelectric materials: High-pressure synthesis of rubidium niobate - Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers.
Researchers establish a high-throughput multiscale evaluation method for thermal stress in thermal barrier coatings - Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are widely used in gas turbine engines to obtain elevated working temperatures and improve engine efficiency.
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century - Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study.
Food in sight? The liver is ready! - What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food?
Medical drone project to bring low cost health care to regions - New South Wales researchers have been commissioned to design a medical drone.
EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants - Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.
Here’s Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon - Scientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers have been hungering for better detectors.
Stop the Variant, Save the Channel - By using antisense oligonucleotides to inhibit a mutated exon associated with Timothy syndrome mutation, researchers restored neuron function.
Meet the Adorable Quokka, Known as the 'Happiest Animal on Earth' - The quokka, an impossibly-cute marsupial that's taken social media by storm, is facing unexpected threats in its southwestern Australia home.
DAILY DOSE: Biden Tightens Emissions Rules, Coal Industry Resists; Bumblebee Play Behavior Sparks Broader Animal Consciousness Declaration. - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TIGHTENS EMISSION RULES ON COAL PLANTS The Biden administration has introduced stringent regulations aimed at significantly reducing or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants by 2039.
We Are in the Golden Age of Bird-Watching - There has never been a better time to be or become a birder
Does AI Know What an Apple Is? She Aims to Find Out. - The computer scientist Ellie Pavlick is translating philosophical concepts such as “meaning” into concrete, testable ideas.
Mapping the Neural Circuit of Social Avoidance - Oxytocin released in a region of the hypothalamus helps mice remember who to avoid.
A shortcut for drug discovery: Novel method predicts on a large scale how small molecules interact with proteins - For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so-called "ligands").
If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars - "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."
Exploring gel formation mechanisms and the role of lactic acid bacteria in fermented sausage - A research team has reviewed the process of gel formation in fermented sausages, emphasizing the crucial role of myofibrillar proteins and the influence of lactic acid bacteria, temperature, and processing methods on gel properties.
With hybrid brains, these mice smell like a rat - Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into another.
How do birds flock? Researchers do the math to reveal previously unknown aerodynamic phenomenon - How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion?
What Does Milk Do for Babies? - Human nutrition begins with milk, but the wondrous biofluid does much more than feed babies.
40-Foot-Long Giant Squids Dwarf Life on Land Because of Deep-Sea Gigantism - Why do deep-sea creatures grow so large?
An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Journey to Find the Lost Children of the Residential Schools - How “heart-centered” archaeology is helping to find the Indigenous children who never came home from residential schools
Freeze casting—a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials - Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and multifunctional surface structures.
How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Marine Conservation - Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, marine scientist Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing
How to Filter Out Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ at Home - An environmental engineer provides a glimpse of the magnitude of the challenge to remove PFAS from water supplies and ways you can reduce these “forever chemicals” in your own drinking water
Largest ever salmon had tusks, not sabres - Reanalysis of the largest ever salmon, which lived several million years ago, shows that it sported tusk-like teeth which might have been used for fighting.
The secret to saving old books could be gluten-free glues - "Bookworm" is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms—as well as microorganisms and time—break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in one piece.
Synthesis of two new carbides provides perspective on how complex carbon structures could exist on other planets - Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have gained new insights in the field of high-pressure carbon chemistry: They synthesized two new carbides—compounds of carbon and another chemical element—with unique structures.
Extrovert or Introvert: Most People Are Actually Ambiverts - Research on personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category
Synthetic droplets cause a stir in the primordial soup: Chemotaxis research answers questions about biological movement - Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive.
California Politicians Lower The 'Erin Brockovich' Chemical And Cheer Saving 0 Lives - In the 1990s, Julia Roberts starred in a movie about a lady who interviewed people in a California town who insisted they were being poisoned by the evil PG&E utility.
Chemical rope trick at molecular level: Mechanism research helps when 'trial and error' fails - In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product.
Scientists discover method to prevent coalescence in immiscible liquids - A team of chemical engineers from Université PSL, CNRS, Harvard University and chemical company Calyxia, has discovered a way to prevent or delay coalescence in some immiscible liquids.
What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining? - Seaweed is versatile; it provides habitat for marine life, shelters coastlines, and absorbs carbon dioxide.
Gamma-ray burst from magnetar lights up star-forming galaxy - Astronomers have witnessed a rare giant flare from a magnetar about 12 million light-years away.
Data arms Africa’s fight against malaria - African nations need to tailor interventions based on the local setting as blanket approaches spread precious resources too thin.
Octo-ometry: global warming severe affect on octopus’ sight - Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change could have a direct effect on octopus’ sight according to new research from South Australia and California.
April 24, 2024
TESS Finds its First Rogue Planet - Well over 5,000 planets have been found orbiting other star systems.We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy - Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.
Vaccines Have Saved 101 Million Infants In 50 Years, Europe Needs To Let That Happen In Agriculture Too - In the last 50 years, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, 146 million kids under 5 years, and 101 million infants, according to this World Health Organisation report .
Energy-efficient “glass” bricks as strong as clay - Double-glazed windows are often seen as a useful, if expensive, measure to insulate Australian homes and shave quarterly power bills, now materials scientists
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Almost Similar to What it Was Like 3.7 Billion Years Ago - What was our ancient magnetic field like?
Ancient Salmon Resembles Aquatic Warthog, Not Saber-Toothed Fish - New fossil of 9-foot-long tusked fish prompts paleontologists to reconsider giant salmon’s nickname.
From a Pink Moon to Blue, the Moon's Colors Aren't Always Colorful - What are the different colors of the moon?
Human activities have an intense impact on Earth's deep subsurface fluid flow - Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon sequestration.
Use of acid reflux drugs linked to higher risk of migraine - People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study.
Solar Flares are Stunning but are They Dangerous? Here's What to Know - Explore the dynamic nature of solar flares, intense bursts of radiation from the Sun, their causes, effects on Earth, and the remarkable visuals they create.
Woman Receives Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant after Heart Pump Surgery - A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together
Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion - Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.
EPA Debunks Environmentalist Claims That Acephate Causes Autism - The Biden EPA has let scientists win over environmental epidemiology claims just this once.
Explainable AI for Rational Antibiotic Discovery - Researchers tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis with explainable neural networks and high throughput drug discovery.
Cells may possess hidden communication system - Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges.
Why can't robots outrun animals? - Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal.