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visible light can be used to create electrodes

A flash of light can now create plastic electrodes

A gentler chemistry for a high‑tech world.

size of the tooth

A single tooth reveals Mosasaurs could live in freshwater

Isotopes show how they lived and what they ate.

moon plasma

Chandrayaan-3 just nailed the most accurate Lunar plasma readings yet

Moon’s south pole crackles with unexpected electrical activity.

TRAPPIST system

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e raises big questions about habitability

Researchers studied the data closely and suggested a few possible ideas about the planet’s atmosphere and surface.

Cu-64 production cycle

Scientists crack the code to making hard-to-produce Cu-64

A new kind of copper from the research reactor.

Middle age marriage couple at outdoor terrace

Love, support… and a healthier gut? Marriage tied to lower obesity risk

The study is the first to demonstrate how social bonds influence weight and eating behaviors.

Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds

Kissing emerged over 21 million years ago, study suggests

A new Oxford study traces the origins of kissing

MIT engineers design an ultrasonic system to “shake” water out of an atmospheric water harvester. The design (two prototypes shown in photo) can recover captured water in minutes rather than hours.

Ultrasound shakes out drinking water from the air in minutes, study

Even the driest desert air carries a little moisture. Not much, of course, but enough that scientists have spent years trying to trap it,...

Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees expand territory to boost reproduction, long-term study finds

Fifteen years ago, researchers working deep in Uganda's Kibale National Park watched something unsettling unfold. The Ngogo chimpanzees, one of the largest known chimp...

Healthy Tooth

Keratin-based toothpaste can regrow enamel and stop cavities

What if the secret to stronger, cavity-proof teeth was hiding in your hair? It sounds wild, but scientists from King's College London may have found...

German cockroach female ootheca

Eliminating cockroaches could improve indoor air quality, study

Nobody likes cockroaches. They're the uninvited guests that scatter when the kitchen light flicks on, and somehow, no matter how clean you keep your...

Quantum oscillations

Quantum oscillations found coming from within

Physicists uncover bizarre behavior in an exotic insulator.

parasitic nematode

How parasitic worms use static to find prey

Nematodes that leap from the ground to infect flies need the help of a static electrical charge to land on their host.

Mily Way

New radio map paints the Milky Way in dazzling, unseen colors

The largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.

Diagram showing herpes simplex virus

First high-resolution structure of key herpes virus protein

The herpes virus blueprint was revealed after 40 years.

Taurus Molecular Cloud 1

Over 100 molecules discovered in Taurus molecular cloud-1

The discovery will help researchers understand how chemicals form and change before stars and planets are born.

concrete

New model reveals the hidden structure of everyday materials

A precise method to map the makeup of materials.

A close up of a cell

Brain cells linked to depression identified

Altered gene activity shedding light on depression’s biological roots.

Close-up of rooster

Technology to freeze and preserve stem cells from birds

The techniques will enable reconstituting birds from stored cells of endangered species.

Rock art panels

12,000-year-old rock art in Arabia reveals traces of a lost civilization

The art acted as ancient ‘road signs’ to water sources.

A city skyline with smoke coming out of it

Air pollution linked to higher risk of obesity and diabetes

The results demonstrate how environmental pollutants contribute to the development of insulin resistance and metabolic diseases.

most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star

A dying star, lost in dust, has been revealed by the Webb Telescope

New finding could help solve the mystery of the missing massive red supergiants.

A new study identifies genetic modifications that make “natural killer” cells more effective at destroying cancer cells

Scientists engineered immune cells that can hunt and destroy cancer

Scientists unveil a faster, safer weapon against cancer.

Futuristic shiny spiral on black background

‘Squeezed light’ might be the secret to building the quantum internet

Quantum whispers: How squeezed light could ignite the internet of entangled realities.

first animals on Earth

Ancient sea sponges may have been Earth’s earliest animals

Researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks to the ancestors of modern-day demosponges.