Science & Technology

Rechargeable battery performance could be improved by a new understanding of how they work at the molecular level. Researchers upend what’s known about how rechargeable batteries function.

Using more than 2 million cells from over 400 postmortem brain samples, researchers performed the largest-scale analysis of the genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic changes that occur in every cell type in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

Scientists have demonstrated ‘multielement ink’ — the first ‘high-entropy’ semiconductor that can be processed at low-temperature or room temperature. The new material could enable cost-effective and energy-efficient semiconductor manufacturing.

Grandparent childcare for toddlers doesn’t have an impact on the wellbeing of their mothers, a new study suggests.

Brain circuits for vision develop without any kind of input from the retina in zebrafish.

A coffee spill leaves behind a dark stain around the puddle’s edge when it dries. But as drops of paint dry, some look like “fried eggs,” with “yolks” of color surrounded by pristine white halos, whereas others appear uniform. To understand this variab…

For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them —- a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists.

A new study shows that babies learn to imitate others because they themselves are imitated by caregivers.

Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated stocks of Atlantic walrus remaining. The current population is at high risk of the same issues affecting them severely, according to a new study.

Scientists mapped out the three-dimensional structure of one of the smallest known CRISPR-Cas13 systems then used that knowledge to modify its structure and improve its accuracy.