Science & Technology

A type of nanoparticle called a metal organic framework (MOF) could be used to deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant. Researchers find these particles provoke a strong immune response by activating the innate immune system through cell proteins calle…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are beneficial in search and rescue missions during natural disasters like earthquakes. However, current UAVs depend on visual information and cannot detect victims trapped under rubble. While some studies have used soun…

It would be a game-changer if all members of a basketball team could see out of each other’s eyes in addition to their own. Biologists have found evidence that this kind of collective sensing occurs in close-knit groups of African weakly electric fish,…

A new study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be affected by flooding alongside 1 in 35 privately owned prope…

Artificial intelligence helped clinicians to accelerate the design of diabetes prevention software, a new study finds.

If you recently had trouble figuring out if an image of a person is real or generated through artificial intelligence (AI), you’re not alone. A new study found that people had more difficulty than was expected distinguishing who is a real person and wh…

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular dystrophies.

Chemists are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater.

Anoles are the scuba-diving champions of the lizard world, able to stay underwater for more than 16 minutes. For animals whose body temperature depends on the environment, time spent in a cool running stream can have some tradeoffs, according to new re…

Every year, more than one million deaths globally occur because of exposure to short-term (hours to days) fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in air pollution, according to a new report, with Eastern Asia reporting more than 50% of deaths attributable to s…

In good news for office workers, a new study from the University of Sydney, Australia has found increasing your step count may counteract the health consequences of too much sedentary time each day.

A nanotechnology pioneer has uncovered a transformative approach to harnessing the catalytic power of aluminum nanoparticles by annealing them in various gas atmospheres at high temperatures.

A new study finds that exposure to chronic radiation from Chornobyl has not damaged the genomes of microscopic worms living there today — which doesn’t mean that the region is safe, the scientists caution, but suggests that these worms are exceptional…

Out-of-control behavior by CEOs and other powerful people constantly makes headlines — so much so that some might consider impulsivity a pathway to power. New research finds that having self-control is often what leads to power.

Scientists have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from ‘forever chemicals’ found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a wide array of other products. A new study describes nanocatalysts developed to remediat…

Next time you’re packing lunch for your kid or reaching for a healthy afternoon bite, consider this: only three types of packaged fruit snacks — dried fruit, fruit puree and canned fruit with juice — meet the latest recommendations for high-nutrition…

Harnessing a pervasive type of cellular messenger shows early experimental promise as a routine way of sampling and monitoring the body’s response to prescription drug exposure. Experiments have successfully isolated drug-metabolizing enzymes from extr…

A research team has identified materials capable of catalyzing the conversion of ortho-hydrogen to para-hydrogen. These catalysts should be essential to the spread of mass-transportation/storage of liquid hydrogen.

Researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition.

Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device switching.