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May 21, 2026

Towards applications: ultra-low-loss on-chip zero-index materials

Credit: by Tian Dong, Jiujiu Liang, Philip Camayd-Muñoz, Yueyang Liu, Haoning Tang, Shota Kita, Peipei Chen, Xiaojun Wu, Weiguo Chu,...

Newly developed GaN based MEMS resonator operates stably even at high temperature

Promising as a highly sensitive oscillator toward 5G communicationCredit: Liwen Sang Liwen Sang, independent scientist at International Center for Materials...

WSU scientists identify contents of ancient Maya drug containers

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for...

Dairy product purchasing differs in households with and without children

Households with children reported purchasing larger quantities of and higher-fat fluid milk compared to households without children, according to research...

Guppies have varying levels of self-control

Credit: University of Exeter Just like humans trying to stick to New Year's resolutions, guppies have varying levels of self-control,...

Brief encounters: How fleeting protein interactions shape health

Credit: University of Leeds The UK's leading scientific academy - the Royal Society - has awarded one of its most...

Acute itching in eczema patients linked to environmental allergens

Newly identified pathway explains why antihistamine drugs often don't work to control severe itchCredit: Illustration by Madison Mack In addition...

Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of...

Researchers rewind the clock to calculate age and site of supernova blast

Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Banovetz and D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University) Astronomers are winding back the clock on the...

Eating omega-3 fat helps hibernating Arctic ground squirrels warm up during deep cold

Credit: Photo by Rhiannan William By feeding arctic ground squirrels special diets, researchers have found that omega-3 fatty acids, common...

Research breaks new ground in understanding how a molecular motor generates force

UMass Amherst and Penn State scientists teamed up to study how myosin converts energy into workCredit: UMass Amherst A team...

Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes

Use of the diabetes drug metformin -- before a diagnosis of COVID-19 -- was associated with a threefold decrease in...

Understanding future species distribution: new data for biogeographers

Credit: Noce, S., Caporaso, L. & Santini, M. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators. Sci Data 7, 398 (2020)....

SARS-CoV-2 antibody test helps select donor blood samples for therapeutic use

Credit: Ojeda DS et al., 2021, PLOS Pathogens, CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have developed and applied a robust, versatile antibody test...

New study: Without right messaging, masks could lead to more COVID-19 spread

Credit: Joshua Brown A novel new study suggests that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to...

CCNY’s David Lohman finds Asian butterfly mimics different species as defense mechanism

Credit: Photo credit: Gan Cheong Weei. Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry - mimicking a poisonous species -...

Keeping the costs of superconducting magnets down using ultrasound

Scientists show ultrasonication is a cost-effective approach to enhance the properties of magnesium diboride superconductorsCredit: Shibaura Institute of Technology Superconductivity...

Researchers show Irish soil can offer more hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

Scientists make exciting discovery in the quest to discover new antibiotics.Credit: Traditional Medicine Group Scientists who highlighted the bug-busting properties...

Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct

Credit: Robert Lücking GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis...

Borrowing from birds, experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys to seconds