For The Better

Exposure in utero to a drug used to prevent miscarriage can lead to an increased risk of developing cancer, according to researchers.

An international research team has invented a ‘smart’ window material that controls heat transmission without blocking views, which could help cut the energy required to cool and heat buildings.

Tree cover, paved surfaces, the spacing of buildings and green spaces all affect how much energy it takes to offset the ‘urban heat island effect.’ But the relative contribution of these urban form factors has been a matter of debate. Researchers seeki…

Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer are just some of the disorders associated with specific genes not ‘turning on’ and ‘turning off’ as they should. By using new CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology researchers have described a new techn…

Concrete is very versatile, inexpensive, literally hard, and can be cast into almost any shape. It consists, in principle, only of sand, gravel, water, and the binder cement. The latter is made by the calcination of lime, clay, and some other component…

Experts can make crucial decisions about future biodiversity management by using artificial intelligence to learn from past environmental change, according to new research.

How monitoring quantum Otto engine affects its performance. Minimizing the measurement effects preserves coherence across engine cycles and improves the power output and reliability.

Scientists have identified the primary target of the experimental cancer drug CX-5164, revealing a possible risk for late effects of treatment.

Life cycle assessment of carbon capture at incineration plants shows that despite some drawbacks, the net result is a clear advantage for the climate.

Why do teapots always drip? This phenomenon has been studied scientifically for decades – now a research team has succeeded in describing the ‘teapot effect’ completely and in detail with an elaborate theoretical analysis and numerous experiments.

The amount of stress a material can withstand before it cracks is critical information when designing aircraft, spacecraft, and other structures. Aerospace engineers used machine learning for the first time to predict stress in copper at the atomic sca…

Leptin, a molecule produced by fat cells, appears to cancel out the effects of the estrogen-blocking therapy tamoxifen, a drug commonly used to treat and prevent breast cancers, suggests a new study.

Both moderate and strenuous exercise alleviate symptoms of anxiety, even when the disorder is chronic, a new study shows.

Bacteria found in children’s upper respiratory systems could help fight chronic middle ear infections, the leading cause of preventable hearing loss and deafness in Indigenous communities.

Cancer researchers show for the first time that cellular senescence, which occurs when aging cells stop dividing, is caused by irreversible damage to the genome rather than simply by telomere erosion.

A new imaging technique can measure temperature in 2D, without contact, and in just a snap.

Altered function of the red blood cells leads to vascular damage in type 2 diabetes. Results from a new study in cells from patients with type 2 diabetes and mice show that this effect is caused by low levels of an important molecule in the red blood c…

The sun rises over the Senegalese savannah. The Guinea baboons have spent the night on their sleeping trees and set off together to forage. In order to depart simultaneously as a group and roam together during the day, the animals have to coordinate we…

Honey bee colonies worldwide have suffered from a range of damaging diseases. A new study has provided clues on how changing weather patterns might be driving disease in UK colonies.