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New study: Stretching spider silk makes it stronger
New study finds the amount of stretching determines the fibers’ properties.
A simple method to break down plastic using air moisture
Plastic recycling gets a breath of fresh air.
Milky Way’s central black hole constantly bubbles with light
James Webb Space Telescope reveals ongoing, rapid-fire light show.
New strategy to maintain communications in an unpredictable quantum network
Adding bridges to stabilize quantum networks.
Scientists turn organic waste into powerful battery solution
A team of researchers at Northwestern University has made a sustainable innovation by converting organic industrial waste products into an efficient storage agent. While...
Quantum teleportation becomes reality: Over busy Internet cables
Advance opens door for secure quantum applications.
How have humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking?
Overthinking what you said? It’s your ‘lizard brain’ talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain.
Showerheads and toothbrushes are teeming with viruses
There's a jungle of 'untapped biodiversity' in the bathroom, a new study finds.
A common bacterium can break down plastic for food
This opens new possibilities for bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up plastic waste.
Researchers witnessed the formation of tiny water bubbles in real-time
Watch water form out of thin air.
Researchers uncover how rubbing a surface creates electrical current
Why petting your cat leads to static electricity?
Spike mutations allow SARS-CoV-2 to enter the brain
A mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus helps it infect the brain, which could explain neurological issues like ‘long COVID.
Mild electricity can help fight coastal erosion
A mild zap of electricity can strengthen a marine coastline for generations.
Illinois youth’s mental health crises declined after COVID
Outpatient ER visits for depression and anxiety dropped and in-patient hospitalization rate stayed the same, indicating mental health crisis.
Cartilage repair via ‘Dancing Molecules
A new synthetic nanofiber therapy mimics a protein vital for cartilage formation and maintenance. Intensified molecular motion within the nanofibers boosts cartilage regeneration. Within four...
Ocean depths produce ‘Dark Oxygen’
Researchers find oxygen production 13,000 feet below the ocean's surface, challenging the idea that only photosynthetic organisms make Earth's oxygen. Minerals at the deep...
New method could make green hydrogen production feasible
Less carbon-intensive production methods could help hydrogen fuel the global energy transition.
New research finds a missing piece of Earth’s puzzling phosphorus cycle
Minerals play a newly discovered role in Earth's phosphorus cycle.
New algorithm helps robots rapidly and reliably learn complex skills
The new AI platform consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems.
Technology alone can’t replace human coaching in obesity treatment
Technology alone resulted in worse weight loss compared to tech and a telehealth coach.
Monitoring diseases through sweat becomes accessible to everyone
Clinical trials on pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis have shown success using a flexible device that can stimulate sweat glands and simultaneously monitor biosignals....
Astrophysicists traced the violent journeys of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central black hole
Stellar collisions produce strange, zombie-like survivors.
Study explains how soil traps carbon
New findings explain how soil sequesters plant-based carbon from the atmosphere.
Creating viruses to eliminate harmful germs
Engineering pseudomonas aeruginosa phages using synthetic biology for clinical relevance.
New cause of neuron death in Alzheimer’s discovered
Short, toxic RNAs kill brain cells and may allow Alzheimer’s to develop.
