A long-standing assumption about intelligence is being challenged by a new perspective in neuroscience: the ability to combine familiar elements...

Flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles are turning one of nature’s most efficient flight strategies into a new class of robotic technology....

A new silicon photonic architecture could make optical convolution far denser and more adaptable, offering a potential path toward faster...

A burst of intense femtosecond laser light can make a semiconductor change its optical behavior almost instantaneously, according to a...

A structured cat-training program for children with developmental disabilities produced measurable benefits for both sides of the human–animal relationship, according...

Light sent through a seven-core optical fiber can spontaneously reorganize itself into a remarkably stable and evenly distributed pattern when...

Transposable elements, once dismissed as genomic “junk,” are emerging as active regulators of cell identity, stress responses and disease. A...

Genetic risk for autoimmune disease may be hiding in the spaces between genes. A study published in Nature Genetics has...

Antwerp, 4 August 2026 — The genome is often described as a linear sequence of DNA, but inside a living...

An Australian-first twin study is set to investigate why people with highly similar genetic backgrounds can respond very differently to...

Obesity is often discussed in terms of excess body fat, blood glucose, and cardiovascular risk, but its effects extend deep...

A new randomized controlled trial from Japan is putting two everyday habits—eating dairy products and performing resistance exercises at home—under...

A new perspective in Light: Science & Applications is putting an ambitious idea at the center of vascular medicine: the...

Chronic kidney disease is often described as a disorder of filtration, but its consequences extend far beyond the kidneys. One...

A tiny molecular machine that can switch circularly polarized light on and off in response to mechanical force has been...

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries may be losing access to their full energy-storage potential for a reason hidden inside individual electrode particles....

A large US cohort study has found no evidence that neonatal medical male circumcision is associated with autism spectrum disorder...

Radio antennas are usually treated as passive pieces of hardware: they transmit or receive electromagnetic waves, while separate electronics handle...

Breast cancer risk assessment for women under 50 is being put under the microscope in a new UK study that...

A molecular switch that helps blood vessels grow may connect two seemingly separate processes in cancer and tissue biology: the...