Science & Technology

Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids — life’s buildi…

Researchers have demonstrated a new way to create stable perovskite solar cells, with fewer defects and the potential to finally rival silicon’s durability.

Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods — amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years ago — preserved in one of Ireland’s most important fossil sites seemingly had their bones cooked after they died.

Researchers have examined the records of 87 patients admitted to hospital with brain abscesses, and found that the 52 patients for whom no cause had been found were about three times as likely to have oral bacteria present in their samples.

When cancer is detected at an early stage, the rates of survival increase drastically, but today only a few cancer types are screened for. An international study shows that a new, previously untested method can easily find multiple types of newly forme…

Researchers have identified a variant of the gene in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using human-induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, subsequent investigations revealed this variant excessively recruited RNA-binding proteins an…

Researchers have identified a variant of the gene in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using human-induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, subsequent investigations revealed this variant excessively recruited RNA-binding proteins an…

An agrivoltaics study shows how harvesting the light spectrum can make growing food and clean energy more efficient.

Efforts to conserve rhinos in Nepal have put a burden on communities, infrastructure and other wildlife in Nepal, a new study warns.

Family of compounds known as 1,2,3,5-tetrazines could have wide application in making new pharmaceuticals, chemical and biological probes, and other products.

People who receive monoclonal antibodies before vaccines may benefit from increased coverage, due to antibody feedback inhibition, according to new research.

Scientists have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their iconic tail clubs. The exceptional fossil of the ankylosaur Zuul crurivastator has spikes along its flanks that were broken and re-healed while the dinosaur was alive — injuries t…

As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present. A review paper is now available to educate medical …

How do migrating animals travel so far, and reach their destination so precisely? For many animals, the answer is magnetoreception. New computer modeling research shows how sticking together helps migrating animals get to where they need to go, even wh…

New research, based on two decades’ worth of data, shows that in the ten years after its onset in 2000, the Southwestern North American (SWNA) megadrought caused a 30% change in gravity wave activity in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

One of the major challenges in microbiome science has been distinguishing what is a potential environmental contaminant from a true, bona fide microbiome signal in low biomass studies — studies that contain little microbial DNA like breastmilk, placen…

For over a century, one of the earliest human fossils ever discovered in Spain has been long considered a Neanderthal. However, new analysis from an international research team dismantles this century-long interpretation, demonstrating that this fossil…

A chance find of an unstudied Antarctic sediment core has led researchers to flip our understanding of how often ice ages occurred in Antarctica.