For The Better

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new study. The paper analyzed carbon and nitrogen levels at two mixed-species kelp farms in southcentral and southeast Alaska during the 20…

Advances in understanding the many different genetic causes of childhood-onset hearing loss indicate that genomic testing could assist in individualizing treatment planning, including the optimal timing of treatment. New findings show that genetic test…

As buzz grows ever louder over the future of quantum, researchers everywhere are working overtime to discover how best to unlock the promise of super-positioned, entangled, tunneling or otherwise ready-for-primetime quantum particles, the ability of wh…

Neuroscientists identified a specific neural mechanism in the human brain that tags information with emotional associations for enhanced memory. The team demonstrated that high-frequency brain waves in the amygdala, a hub for emotional processes, and t…

Solutions containing solvated electrons are inherently clean chemical reactants, and they could become easier and cheaper to make now that chemists have uncovered the long-sought mechanism of a light-driven process that creates them.

Flexible compounds made with Nobel-winning click chemistry can be used in energy-storing capacitors at high temperatures and electric fields.

Researchers highlight new insights in gene expressions associated with body mass index.

Biomedical engineers have created semi-living ‘cyborg cells.’ Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide range of applications, from producing therapeutic drugs to cleaning up pollution.

Catenanes — materials made of interlocking molecules, similar to medieval chain mail — have proved laborious to make since their discovery 25 years ago. Now, chemists have found a way to make unlimited quantities of catenanes in one single chemical s…

Researchers compared two methods of corneal transplant tissue preparation for a procedure that saves sight in patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy.

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a new study.

Long-term measurements in the urban area of Innsbruck, Austria, show that the fraction of ozone near the surface tends to be overestimated in atmospheric models. Consequently, a fundamental assumption for air quality forecasting has to be reinterpreted…

If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called ‘liquid crystal elastomers,’ onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap into the air.

Scientists have shed new light on the ‘self-cleaning’ capacity of the atmosphere.

First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid ‘eBiobots’ are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics, said researchers.

A new study demonstrates the benefits of music education to adolescent health and wellbeing.

Researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body’s immune system to fight back against both chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.