A new cobalt-based electrode that can split water for hydrogen production while surviving hundreds of hours of demanding operation could help address one of green...
Spinal cord injuries affect an estimated 15–20 million people worldwide, frequently causing permanent loss of movement, sensation, and independence. Damage in the cervical region of...
Scientists have engineered tobacco and lettuce plants to produce myoglobin—the iron-rich protein responsible for much of meat’s red color and savory flavor—inside their chloroplasts. The...
Electrical stimulation of the human brain can reorganize neural activity in ways that are closely tied to gene regulation, according to a new study published...
A quantum signal has completed a difficult journey through 62 kilometers of aerial fiber in the Maryland suburbs, surviving the vibrations, temperature changes and movement...
Medical progress is transforming not only how long people live, but also the diseases they live with. A new population-based study from researchers at the...
Metastable materials often vanish from the laboratory bench before researchers can study them. They form only briefly, quickly transforming into more stable structures as atoms...
A child’s broken bone can heal in an unexpected way. Instead of restoring the delicate architecture of the growth plate, the injury may trigger the...
Living alongside pumas may seem like a dangerous bargain, but new research suggests that the presence of these large predators can make roads safer for...
A healing colon does not simply switch genes on and off. Its cells appear to follow a complex daily timetable, with different populations activating distinct...
The cerebral cortex may not be built according to the simple developmental script scientists have relied on for decades. A new study in mice suggests...
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, remains notoriously difficult to control. Its cells do not stay neatly confined within a visible tumour mass; instead,...
Resonant optical systems can behave like exquisitely sensitive instruments, but extracting the physical information hidden in their spectral signals has long been a difficult computational...
Food allergy researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have reported early evidence that changing the gut microbiome may increase tolerance to peanuts, offering a potential new...
Dinosaurs are remembered as Earth’s giants: towering sauropods that outweighed dozens of elephants, and predators such as Tyrannosaurus rex that dominated ancient food webs. Yet...
