Science & Technology

Existing ways of calculating biodiversity dynamics are not very effective in detecting wholesale species community change due to the effects of ocean acidification.

Reindeer herding has a long history in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland. It has shaped the Fennoscandian mountain landscape, and is also seen as means to mitigate climate change effects on vegetation. Yet a new study shows that the majority of this …

Research performed on human blastoids, a research model of an early embryo built out of stem cells, may allow scientists to understand better what causes birth defects and lost pregnancies, and so prevent them. But such research is also ethically fraug…

A new study shows how certain cancers neutralize T cells to subvert the immune system and help tumors grow.

Polyethylene plastics — single-use bags and general-purpose bottles — are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer — a chain of about a thousand ethylene molecules — …

Polyethylene plastics — single-use bags and general-purpose bottles — are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer — a chain of about a thousand ethylene molecules — …

Scientists have created a new type of nanomembrane that presents a less energy intensive way to fractionate hydrocarbons from crude oil. The global production of crude oil is currently around 80 million barrels per day. Hydrocarbons extracted from crud…

Scientists have created a new type of nanomembrane that presents a less energy intensive way to fractionate hydrocarbons from crude oil. The global production of crude oil is currently around 80 million barrels per day. Hydrocarbons extracted from crud…

Scientists have managed to track down one of the ‘mystery genes’ — the gene that ensures that the final form of the protein actin is created, a main component of our cell skeleton.

A new academic study demonstrates for the first time that scheduling medical appointments later in the week increases patient attendance by over 10 per cent.

Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities worldwide. A new analysis of high-resolution satellite observations takes a major step forward in assessing this risk by confirming theoretical pred…

Since their discovery over 100 years ago, neurons in the brain’s olfactory bulb, called tufted cells, have been difficult to study. By leveraging new technology, neuroscientists were able to precisely dissect the neural activity of these tufted cells f…

A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an ionic circuit comprising hundreds of ionic transistors and performed a core process of neural net computing.

Medical researchers have discovered how to create more accurate, consistent brain organoids to develop treatments for neurological disorders.

Medical researchers have discovered how to create more accurate, consistent brain organoids to develop treatments for neurological disorders.

In Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas, Hondurans often wait weeks for tap water to flow.

In Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas, Hondurans often wait weeks for tap water to flow.

Engineers have substantially extended the time that their quantum computing processors can hold information by more than 100 times compared to previous results.

A new study has revealed that certain locations of DNA are copied faster than others, which could also have an effect on mutation rate.

A new study has revealed that certain locations of DNA are copied faster than others, which could also have an effect on mutation rate.