Technology

Naked mole-rats have long puzzled biologists with their striking eusocial structure, where most adults remain reproductively suppressed while a queen...

Bacterial cellulose—nature’s own polymer scaffold—is gaining attention as a renewable feedstock for supercapacitor electrodes. With modern devices demanding fast charge,...

Neuroscientists report a unifying framework for why the brain’s single neurons look so different from one another—yet still support powerful,...

Metabolite “Glues” Find a More Flexible Way to Attack Cancer Targets Researchers have uncovered why certain designed small molecules—called metabolite...

European dust pollution is being quantified with a new continent-wide method that converts daily particulate measurements into estimates of transported...

Duke of the first immune responders is being rewritten by new work showing that not all neutrophils behave like rubble...

Researchers have pushed twistronics beyond the familiar world of stacked 2D materials held together by weak van der Waals forces....

Chronic diseases are rising worldwide, yet most health monitoring still happens in hospitals—sporadically, with bulky, wired devices that capture only...

A ketogenic diet (KD) is often promoted for lowering blood insulin and shifting metabolism toward ketone bodies. Yet how this...

Tissue engineering has long promised to rebuild damaged organs and tissues, but one stubborn barrier remains: reliable vasculature. Without a...

UMass Amherst engineer Chang Liu is advancing a home HIV diagnostic that aims to match or surpass laboratory sensitivity during...

A new neuroimaging study is adding fresh detail to how global developmental delay (GDD) may reshape the developing brain. Affecting...

Biochar—carbon-rich material produced from agricultural and forestry residues, manure, sludge, and other biomass—has emerged as a low-cost candidate for wastewater...

Extremely preterm infants face a critical window in which early nutrition can shape not only growth, but also the establishment...

An era where robots can decide for themselves how to move outdoors is taking shape. KAIST has unveiled a quadrupedal...

Allergic conditions rarely occur in isolation in childhood. Instead, they often cluster as multimorbidity—such as asthma alongside allergic rhinitis or...

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrives at import terminals at near-cryogenic temperatures, carrying an immense reservoir of cold that is typically...

Preterm birth can set the stage for long-term neurodevelopmental challenges, but not every infant faces the same risk trajectory. In...

Invisible skin-mount sensors are moving wearable health monitoring out of the spotlight—and into everyday life. Conventional facial electrodes can feel...

A new study published this week tackles a surprisingly difficult question for sleep science: how to measure infants’ sleep in...