Science & Technology

A new study analyzes a diverse set of presolar grains with the goal of realizing their true stellar origins.

Eating whole grain rye products instead of refined wheat alternatives can offer worthwhile health benefits. Researchers recently published a study showing that people who ate high-fiber products made from whole grain rye lost more body fat and overall …

A researcher has discovered an enzyme that plays a key role in the ability of cancer cells to resist drug treatment.

Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one’s risk of cancer and premature death, but new research also reveals that these super-foods may benefit a person’s mental health.

Researchers are examining neurons and hormones associated with eating too much. This study is another step in understanding the brain circuits involved in eating disorders.

Intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss as well as improve metabolic health in individuals with obesity, according to a new study.

The structural integrity of the brain’s white matter as measured with an advanced MRI technique is lower in cognitively normal people who carry a genetic mutation associated with Alzheimer’s disease than it is in non-carriers, according to a new study….

An engineer is reporting fast screening of the surface proteins of exosomes for cancer diagnostics and biomarker discovery.

Researchers have discovered most pet owners have inadequate plans for their pets if a natural disaster strikes — but disaster response planners may be able to turn this into a positive.

Scientists have developed a chemical compound that interferes with a key feature of many viruses that allows the viruses to invade human cells. The compound, called MM3122, was studied in cells and mice and holds promise as a new way to prevent infecti…

New research finds many women are screened too often for cervical cancer, leading to unnecessary procedures that may carry their own harms, while some women are not getting tested often enough, putting them at higher risk for poor outcomes.

Stress enhances the properties of a promising material for future technologies, with researchers’ discovery of a new exotic state of a promising, room-temperature multiferroic material having exciting implications for future technologies using these en…

A new study has found whole fat dairy is just as good for kids as low-fat.

Towards solving the heat concentration problem in power semiconductors, researchers have developed a highly efficient boiling immersion cooler using lotus metals. LTS succeeded in increasing the cooling performance from about 200 W/cm2 of the conventio…

The immune system protects the body from cancer. To protect healthy body cells from its own immune system, they have developed a protective shield: the protein CD47 is a so called ‘don’t eat me’ signal, which tells the immune cells to stand back. Tumor…

A novel electronic component could be an important key to the era of quantum information technology: Using a tailored manufacturing process, pure germanium is bonded with aluminum in a way that atomically sharp interfaces are created.

Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental and theoretical work shows that atomic vibrations with…

Spending a long time in space appears to cause brain damage. This is shown by a study of five Russian cosmonauts who had stayed on the International Space Station (ISS).

The intestines of a healthy person contains hundreds of different bacteria that provide efficient protection against infections. However, if the equilibrium of this community, known as the microbiota, is disturbed — for example, due to antibiotic ther…

A recent study reveals that inhibiting certain adhesion receptors on the surface of dendritic cells, the main antigen-presenting cells of the immune system, enhances antitumor responses.