Science & Technology

New findings suggest that many of the mutations in cancer may simply be setting in stone a path already forged by the tumor stem cell’s aberrant dialogue with its surroundings.

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration — even several years after a significant earthquake.

A research collaboration has examined how the nucleus of nickel-64 reacts when exposed to energy.

Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a major seismic event.

Scientists have identified how an enzyme involved in DNA repair (POLQ), becomes vital to the survival of certain cancers, if the cancer cells lose the ability to use a more common method of DNA repair. The work uncovers an unappreciated role for POLQ i…

Scientists have developed a quantum experiment that allows them to study the dynamics, or behavior, of a special kind of theoretical wormhole.

A new social media-based study of recreation visitation in the Gorge following the Eagle Creek Fire expands on research launched in 2016 — and holds promise for other large, multi-ownership landscapes. The study shows how using new approaches that dra…

Lithium-ion batteries with high-energy-density cathodes are necessary to meet the energy demands of next-generation electronics and electric vehicles. At high voltages, however, the battery electrolyte undergoes excessive decomposition, compromising ca…

Machine learning drives self-discovery of pulses that stabilize quantum systems in the face of environmental noise.

Several of great gray owls’ physical features, especially parts of their wings and face, help them correct for sonic distortions caused by snow, enabling them to find hidden, moving food with astonishing accuracy, according to a new study.

What laws govern how chemicals pass through filters? How do droplets of oil move through layers of stone? How do blood cells travel through a living organism? A team of researchers has discovered how pore space geometry impacts transport of substances …

Female rhesus macaques ‘actively reduce’ their social networks and prioritize friends and family as they get older, new research shows.

A new study shows that cumulative adverse psychosocial factors in childhood are associated with worse midlife learning and memory, and specifically child’s self-regulation and social adjustment.

A new study links a gene concentrated in the brain’s cleanup cells, known as microglia, to the inflammation that has increasingly emerged as a key mechanism contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. The findings may offer a new potential target for therapie…

The shift from manual to oral communication in our interactions with technology can affect what consumers disclose about themselves.

Nanodiamond materials have potential as low-cost photocatalysts. But until now, such carbon nanoparticles required high-energy UV light to become active. The DIACAT consortium has therefore produced and analysed variations of nanodiamond materials. The…

Until now, it has been extremely tedious to perform measurements with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution using X-ray light in the tender energy range of 1.5 — 5.0 keV. Yet this X-ray light is ideal for investigating energy materials such as …

Even the best water filters let some things through, but designing improved materials and then testing them is time consuming and difficult. Now, researchers report that artificial intelligence (AI) could speed up the development of promising materials…

Rainbows and sugar may conjure up images of a certain leprechaun-branded breakfast cereal. But now, researchers report a kaleidoscope-like film for telling different sweeteners apart that displayed multiple colors when stretched by hand. When evenly st…

In recent years, research interest in the 3D printing of metal patterns on plastic parts has grown exponentially, due to its high potential in the manufacturing of next-generation electronics. But fabricating such complex parts through conventional mea…