Science & Technology

A common weed harbors important clues about how to create drought resistant crops in a world beset by climate change. Scientists describe how Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, integrates two distinct metabolic pathways to create a novel t…

A research team has developed an assay that is versatile, low-cost and adaptable to any laboratory setting and has the potential to provide a more comprehensive look at proteins secreted by cells than the widely used existing assays.

Researchers have shown that locusts can not only ‘smell’ the difference between cancer cells and healthy cells, but they can also distinguish between different cancer cell lines.

Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death around the world. A primary contributor to these afflictions is high blood pressure, or hypertension. While treatments exist for the condition, which affects tens of millions of Americans, these r…

Researchers have achieved an unprecedented understanding of the genetic and molecular machinery in human microglia — immune cells that reside in the brain — that could provide valuable insights into how they contribute to the development and progress…

A clinical trial is only as powerful as its participants. For years, researchers have struggled to fill clinical trials and enroll sufficiently diverse groups of patients for results to reflect the broader population, in part because of stringent guide…

A systematic review of 301 academic articles on ‘cultural ecosystem services’ has enabled researchers to identify how these nonmaterial contributions from nature are linked to and significantly affect human well-being. They identified 227 unique pathwa…

Rising temperatures pose major challenges to the dairy industry — a Holstein’s milk production can decline 30 to 70% in warm weather — but a new study has found a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during heat-stress events, while al…

By tracking feedback during tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex notices when a new step has become necessary and signals the motor cortex to adjust, a new neuroscience study shows.

Experts at the forefront of efforts to restore the UK’s coastal seagrass meadows say the remarkable plant’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development goals deserves to be reassessed. Conserving and restoring seagrass meadows actually contributes t…

The different geographic and climatic regions from which ragweed pollen originates, as well as the degree of environmental pollution, may influence the severity of allergic reactions such as hay fever and asthma. Pollen from plants in different areas e…

According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study challenges t…

Studying wellbeing science as part of their courses could be a key way of improving how today’s students cope with the barrage of stressors they face. Students are a high-risk population for mental ill-health and face increasing academic demands, lonel…