For The Better

An international team of collaborators have revealed the most detailed look yet at the planet’s recent climactic history, including summer and winter temperatures dating back 11,000 years to the beginning of what is known as the Holocene.

Researchers have found that a defect in an enzyme called APT1 interferes with the ability to secrete insulin, contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes in people who are overweight or obese.

The analysis of ancient DNA allows scientists to trace human evolution and make important discoveries about modern populations. The data revealed by ancient DNA sampling can be valuable, but the human remains that carry this ancient DNA are often those…

When it comes to preserving the world’s coral reefs, what’s going on above the surface is as important as what’s going on below it, according to new research.

A material state known as super-lubricity, where friction between two contacting surfaces nearly vanishes, is a phenomenon that materials researchers have studied for years due to the potential for reducing the energy cost and wear and tear on devices,…

A new study posits that interstellar cloud conditions may have played a significant role on the presence of key building blocks of life in the solar system.

Researchers are developing a new ultrahigh-speed single-pixel camera. This new device, called single-pixel imaging accelerated via swept aggregate patterns (SPI-ASAP) is capable of streaming video at 12,000 frames per second using light modulation, giv…

Researchers have developed a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture stabilizer for broken bones to help in regions where such devices are expensive or in short supply and people sometimes resort to homemade options.

How cells shape complex tissues and organs during embryo development, which makes us what we are, has many mysteries. New research has examined one such process which leads to the formation of vertebral column or spinal column. If this process is disru…

Scientists have analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. The results show that liposomes are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that has been used as a model inside the cells.

Scientists have successfully trialed an artificial pancreas for use by patients living with type 2 diabetes. The device doubled the amount of time patients were in the target range for glucose compared to standard treatment and halved the time spent ex…

Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, like hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis is inefficient due t…