Science & Technology

Scientists have created a model of the rare pediatric eye cancer that more closely mimics the biology of patient tumors.

Physicists have linked together, or ‘entangled,’ the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue crystal, giving it a quantum edge in measuring electric fields with record sensitivity that may enhance understanding of the universe.

Biologists tested free-ranging squirrels to determine how quickly they adapt to the bendiness of their launching branch in order to successfully land. The squirrels learned within a few trials to leap no matter how bendy, but have a failsafe to stick t…

An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning ‘beige fat,’ according to a new study. The finding may lead to new ways to reduce obesity and treat metabolic disorders.

Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according to new research.

Researchers have characterized a mechanism that allows bacteria to direct their movement in response to the mechanical properties of the surfaces the microbes move on — a finding that could help fight certain pathogens.

Today’s gold standard for COVID diagnostics is qRT-PCR, but turnaround is typically more than a day. Newer assays using CRISPR enzymes require initial amplification of RNA, requiring special equipment not available in doctors’ offices, workplaces, etc….

Researchers have found that introducing a polymer coating onto a tin catalyst accelerated the conversion of a greenhouse gas (CO2) into an industrial fuel (formate). Computational and electrochemical investigations supported a mechanism wherein a compl…

Researchers have developed a machine learning-based method that can identify and recommend jobs to workers looking for a new role.

The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or ‘brilliance’ for success, the more both women and early-career academics feel professionally inadequate — like ‘impostors’ — finds a new study of U.S. academics by a team of psycho…

Understanding the Sun’s magnetic dynamo could help predict solar weather, such as potentially dangerous geothermal storms, solar flares and sunspots. Mathematicians have proposed a new model of the Sun that matches observed data.

For perhaps the first time ever, researchers have mapped out the true extent of habitat loss for salmon in the Lower Fraser River, one of the most important spawning and rearing grounds for Pacific salmon in B.C. Salmon have lost access to as much as 8…

Individuals are likely to prioritize food over sex after being deprived of both, according to researchers who studied this behavioral conflict in fruit flies.  A new study pinpointed the precise neuronal impulses triggered in flies’ brains when faced w…

When new mothers complain that all those sleepless nights caring for their newborns are taking years off their life, they just might be right. A year after giving birth, the ‘biological age’ of mothers who slept less than seven hours a night at the six…

People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to explore the effects on the brain’s learning development.

Researchers have conducted a new trial to identify how an existing psychological therapy can be adapted to help people cope with and manage frequent bipolar mood swings.

Theoretical research indicates that natural selection will increase existing seasonal imbalances between the supply of nectar from flowers and the demand from bees and other insects.

A new review throws the spotlight on heterostructures of topological insulators and magnetic materials, where the interplay of magnetism and topology can give rise to exotic quantum phenomena that are promising building blocks for future low-power elec…

Scientists no longer have to worry about their bottles of mouse sperm breaking in transit. Researchers have developed a way to freeze dry sperm on a plastic sheet in weighing paper so that samples can withstand being mailed via postcard. This method al…

Scientists studying the biochemistry of plant cell walls have identified an enzyme that could turn woody poplar trees into a source for producing a major industrial chemical. The research could lead to a new sustainable pathway for making “p-hydroxyben…