For The Better

A research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle at work. The experiment has revealed for the first time how the chemical composition of the surface of an individual nanoparticle changes under reaction cond…

Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tons of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish stocks from long-term climate change, a new study predicts. Modelling a worst-case …

Researchers have utilized two-dimensional hybrid metal halides in a device that allows directional control of terahertz radiation generated by a spintronic scheme. The device has better signal efficiency than conventional terahertz generators, and is t…

Researchers have found that aging produces significant changes in the microbiome of the human small intestine distinct from those caused by medications or illness burden.

More than half of U.S. women will experience at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetimes, while a quarter will have a subsequent infection. Recurrent urinary tract infections are defined as two or more infections in six months or thre…

A new study looks at how exposure to media content featuring specific moral values (care, fairness, loyalty and authority) might influence the weight kids place on those values. The main study showed that exposure to books emphasizing four separate mor…

Researchers have developed a sensor that could diagnose a heart attack in less than 30 minutes, according to a new study.

A discovery of a new family of enzymes enriches the toolbox needed to engineer sulfur-containing compounds in the laboratory.

A team led by researchers  has profiled in unprecedented detail thousands of individual cells sampled from patients’ brain tumors. The findings, along with the methods developed to obtain those findings, represent a significant advance in cancer resear…

COVID-19 may bring high risks of severe disease and death in many patients by disrupting key metabolic signals and thereby triggering hyperglycemia, according to a new study.

New research into metal-rich asteroids reveals information about the origins and compositions of these rare bodies that could one day be mined.