Science & Technology

A new study demonstrates just how much promise modified probiotic bacteria hold for improving inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatments, including for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Accurately moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill innately unique to humans. However, new research now shows that rats also have this ability. The optimal tempo for nodding along was found to depend on the time constant in the brain (the sp…

Physicists have developed a new technique that can measure the properties of the topmost atomic layer of materials without including information from the underlying layers.

While previous studies have linked commercial dietary supplements like nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, to benefits related to cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological health, new research has found NR could actually increase the ris…

Readily available electronic health record (EHR) data can be used to reliably identify readmission risk for children of all ages while they are still in the hospital, according to a new study. The newly developed and validated tool will be key in effor…

The transformation between skyrmions and bimerons has now been realized by scientists.

The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a new instrument that will use about 2400 fiberoptic cables to capture the light from heavenly objects. Full operation is scheduled to start around 2024. The ability to observe…

Archeologists have identified one of the largest known sacred buildings of the Etruscans. The temple’s strata offer insights into more than 1000 years of development of one of the most important Etruscan cities. The newly discovered temple is roughly t…

Space missions already use electric propulsion devices, where electromagnetic fields are utilized to generate the thrust of spacecraft. One such electrodeless device, which harnesses radio frequency (rf) to generate plasma and a magnetic nozzle (MN) to…

First insights into engineering crystal growth by atomically precise metal nanoclusters have been achieved in a new study.

The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also has the ability to spontaneously restore muscle functio…

A new study has examined how the dopamine system processes aversive unpleasant events.

New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe.

An international research team has succeeded in significantly narrowing the scope for the existence of dark matter. The experiment makes an important contribution to the search for these particles.

New research has found variable voltages in the membranes of breast cancer cells, revealing clues about how they grow and spread.

Space scientists may need to rethink how gamma-ray bursts are formed after new research shows new-born supramassive stars, not black holes, are sometimes responsible for these huge extragalactic bursts of energy.

Scientists have developed a novel concept of a nose-to-brain system for the clinical application of neuropeptides. They developed a derivative of glucagon-like peptide-2 and found that when administered intranasally, it is efficiently delivered through…

Three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The star exploded more than 11 billion years ago, when the universe was less than a fifth of its current age of 13.8 billion y…