Research, Space & Discovery
Stem cell transplants helped regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue in mice, producing new neurons and restoring lost motor function. The treatment also improved blood vessels, inflammation, and the b...
Researchers have found that we know very little about how artificial intelligence use impacts younger school children's ability to learn and think.
Jake Buehler, QuantaYou might imagine that the DNA in your cells has a simple history. Even though it's been recombined in every generation through sex and gained the occasional mutation,...
Moderna’s $69 Billion Question: Cancer Vaccine Excitement Meets an Extraordinary Valuation
A reconstructed landscape beneath Chile’s Lauca volcanic deposits supports a slow, steady rise for this part of the Andes. The Lauca Caldera, a large volcanic depression in northern Chile, erupted 21....
Ph.D. candidate Natalia Seliutina has followed gemstones from the -30° temperatures of Siberia to the carving studios of Ōtepoti and the particle accelerators of Taiwan in her quest to discover why po...
Carly Cassella, Science AlertDementia research has reached a profound turning point.
Who cuts emissions fastest, and who supports others in doing so, are central questions in global climate action. New IIASA-led research shows that building fairness into climate models from the start ...
Sara Hashemi, SonianThe brain goes through substantial changes during puberty and pregnancy, both marked by major hormonal shifts. Yet during the third female hormonal transition...
Segregation is a multidimensional phenomenon deeply intertwined with historical, social and ecological contexts. Yet this more integrated perspective has received limited attention in the Global South...
A synthetic biology technology has been developed that converts easily degraded messenger RNA (mRNA) into a ring-shaped form inside microbial cells, increasing protein production.
Geopolitical rivalry, conflict, authoritarian nationalism and the systematic erosion of rules-based politics are reshaping the global order and putting cooperation under growing pressure. Yet the pict...
Stephanie DeMarco, The ScientistAbout 20 miles inland from Antarctica's frigid coast, surrounded by the continent's dry polar desert, blood red water gushes out of the stark white walls of...
Staff, AstronomyUsing the same planet-hunting techniques as Earth astronomers, would inhabitants of a planet hundreds of light-years away be able to detect Earth? Or would the gas giants...
Paul Offit, Beyond the NoiseIn the 1993 movie,Jurassic Park, the velociraptors are testing the electrified fences looking for weaknesses. A scientist
Kristen French, NautilusCan artificially intelligent machines have consciousness?This question was at the heart of a recent conference in the Galapagos organized by Russian...
Medical XpressExposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child's life increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood, according to a new
University of CambridgeCambridge scientists have shown that girls and boys show differences in what they pay attention to, even at birth. Since these differences are present so early, it is...
MITUsing materials safe for human consumption, MIT researchers have created tiny batteries that could be used to power ingestible electronic devices. Such batteries could make the devices...
University of Southern CaliforniaAlcohol use among U.S. adults has fallen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, though rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels,...