Science & Technology
This is your brain on everyday life
A new study published in Nature Communications uses brain scans to understand how we experience and remember our daily surroundings.
Plastic transistor amplifies biochemical sensing signal
New transistor technology boosts the body’s electrochemical signals by 1,000 times, enabling diagnostic and disease-monitoring implants.
Yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites
For the first time, researchers have pinpointed a date when elite Mongol Empire people were drinking yak milk, according to a new study.
Hope for salamanders? Study recalibrates climate change effects
For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space. But for decades, scientists have mostly relied on free-air temperature data at large spatial scales to predict future salamander distribution…
Engineered E. coli delivers therapeutic nanobodies to the gut
Researchers have succeeded in developing an E. coli-based ‘smart microbe’ that secretes therapeutic payloads, including antibodies, into the gut. The genetically modified beneficial strain of bacteria blocks intestinal inflammation in a preclinical mod…
Path to net-zero carbon capture and storage may lead to ocean
Engineering researchers have developed a novel way to capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the ‘infinite sink’ of the ocean. The approach uses an innovative copper-containing polymeric filter and essentially converts CO2 into sodium bica…