Science & Technology

Of all the oceans on Earth, the Southern Ocean does the lion’s share at slowing the pace of climate change by absorbing most of the excess heat trapped in the planet’s atmosphere, say scientists.

Monitoring of viruses in wastewater enables the course of a pandemic and its burdens on various parts of the health-care sector to be predicted, independently from official public testing capacity and scope for infection tracking.

A new neuroscience study shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior in the model organism C. elegans.

‘You’re so smart!’ — This encouraging response may actually do more harm than good to children’s math performance, according to a new study. The study found that encouraging children with responses related to their personal traits or innate abilities …

Astronomers have just announced the discovery of two ‘super-Earth’ planets orbiting LP 890-9, a small, cool star located about 100 light-years from Earth.

Researchers estimate that more than 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed and, in some cases, trafficked between 1990 and 2020. Even with existing laws prohibiting their capture and use, as many as 44,000 sea turtles were exploited each ye…

Results of a small but unique research study suggest that low-dose ketamine is generally safe, well-tolerated and effective to treat clinical symptoms in children diagnosed with ADNP syndrome (also known as Helsmoortel-VanDerAa syndrome), a rare neurod…

Using a mouse model, researchers describe a process in which affected neurons switch expression of neurotransmitters in response to day length stimuli, triggering related behavioral changes.

Researchers are helping to reveal the molecular secrets of macular degeneration, which causes almost 90% of all age-related vision loss.

A groundbreaking mathematical equation has been discovered, which could transform medical procedures, natural gas extraction, and plastic packaging production in the future.

The microbial community of over 100 bacterial species could help scientists learn more about the connections between the microbiome and human health.

The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that ‘breathe’ by exhaling excess electrons. Researchers have now discovered that light is a surprising a…