Science & Technology

From small committees to national elections, group decision-making can be complicated — and it may not always settle on the best choice. That’s partly because some members of the group do research on their own, and others take their cues from the peop…

Researchers used ultrafast electron microscopy to study a nanoscale phenomenon that occurs in less than a few hundred quadrillionths of a second. Insights from the study could aid in the development of new sensors and quantum devices.

Engineered antibodies immobilize sperm in animal study, paving the way for nonhormonal contraceptive for women.

In lifesaving situations, expedient and accurate diagnostic tools are critical to aid pathologists in examining biopsied tissue samples looking for signs of diseases. Engineers found a new path to achieve that with virtual re-staining of tissue images …

A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change.

Individuals with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the virus to close contacts two days before the onset of symptoms to three days after symptoms appear, and the risk of transmission is highest when patients had mild or moderate disease severity, acco…

A laboratory study finds that blood serum drawn from people previously vaccinated or naturally infected show ‘significantly reduced’ defense against two variants of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Researchers said that their findings emphasize the im…

In a study of rodents, scientists discovered that a part of the brain traditionally thought to control typing the old sequence may also play a critical role in learning the new one. The results suggest that this process involves a delicate balance in t…

Updating the laws, the researchers say, will allow the true value of public resources to be revealed in an environmental market. It will give different groups equal footing in auctions, and create a more stable, actionable path toward conservation, to …

People often get sicker as they grow older, but new research finds that the impact of a person’s genes on their risk of getting sick actually wanes with age.

Researchers develop machine learning methods that accurately predict the 3D shapes of drug targets and other important biological molecules, even when only limited data is available.