Science & Technology

Researchers say they’ve found a way to significantly increase the probability of observing the Unruh effect, a ‘quantum glow’ phenomenon that was first proposed in the 1970s.

Novel system could lead to catalysts based on cheaper, more abundant nickel rather than more expensive precious metals.

A new study found a ‘bi-directional’ relationship between gastrointestinal issues and internalized symptoms in children and adolescents with autism — meaning the symptoms seem to be impacting each other simultaneously. The findings could influence fut…

People who have a critical attitude toward factory farming or who pay attention to their health in everyday life are more likely to turn to meat substitutes. Concern for the environment, on the other hand, appears to play no role in this decision.

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately predicted who would develop pancreatic cancer based on what their CT scan images looked like years prior to being diagnosed with the disease. The findings may help prevent death through early detectio…

China’s mountainous southwestern area is home to one of the country’s most ethnically diverse populations. In the most comprehensive genetic analysis of the native people there to date, researchers reveal that the ethnic groups’ peopling and migration …

Seizing on a natural experiment created by restricted travel, researchers combine a network model with air pollution data before and during outbreaks.

Researchers have shown that the UK’s existing copper network cables can support faster internet speeds, but only to a limit. They say additional investment is urgently needed if the government is serious about its commitment to making high-speed intern…

Researchers propose using a complex-network-based clustering workflow to search for synchronized structures of extreme rainfall events within the context of atmospheric chaos. By doing this, they were able to reconstruct a functional climate network to…

Measuring the ‘wettability’ of graphene and other 2D materials. Microscopic understanding of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using ‘vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy’ (VSFG).

Mammals can’t typically regenerate organs as efficiently as other vertebrates, such as fish and lizards. Now, scientists have found a way to partially reset liver cells to more youthful states — allowing them to heal damaged tissue at a faster rate th…

A research team has created simulations from coupled climate and hydrologic models that demonstrate widespread increases in the occurrences of flash flooding events across most of the United States.

New research explores the spillover of myxoma virus from European rabbits to Iberian hares. In addition to shedding new light on species-jumping viruses, the study shows that the protein permitting the species jump from rabbits to hares may help improv…

Researchers created an ultrathin loudspeaker that can turn any rigid surface into a high-quality, active audio source. The fabrication process can enable the thin-film devices to be produced at scale.

A potential game-changer in the tuberculosis epidemic was how the tuberculosis community viewed rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance. This was 12 years ago, with the launch of Xpert MTB/RIF, which gives results in les…