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Two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have long been viewed as one of the most promising routes beyond the efficiency limits of conventional silicon photovoltaics. Yet...

Sodium-ion batteries are moving closer to the center of the global energy-storage conversation, and a new optical sensor may help solve one of their most...

A new study is drawing attention to the possibility that opioid dependence may be linked to a complex molecular remodeling of the brain that involves...

A newly identified gene found only in simians may help explain why humans and other higher primates maintain more stable germline genomes than rodents. In...

Large language models such as ChatGPT have become an increasingly popular source of health information, offering patients immediate explanations of symptoms, treatments, and medical conditions....

Granulosa cells, the ovarian support cells that nurture developing oocytes, may retain a molecular memory of reproductive ageing even after being chemically reprogrammed into induced...

A tiny Australian freshwater fish may be carrying a warning for the future of wildlife conservation. New research shows that genomic data can reveal which...

Obesity research has increasingly moved beyond the stomach and into the brain, where specialized neural circuits help determine when an animal feels hungry, how much...

On-chip lasers are moving from laboratory demonstrations toward technologies that could reshape coherent communications, advanced displays, precision sensing, imaging and large-scale photonic systems. Yet as...

An ageing workforce is forcing health systems to confront a question that recruitment campaigns alone cannot answer: what makes experienced nurses stay? New research involving...

Computed tomography has transformed modern medicine by allowing clinicians to see inside the body without surgery, but the technology has a persistent weakness: metal can...

A new study in Scientific Reports is placing an urgent question at the center of Mediterranean agriculture: when freshwater supplies are under pressure, how safely...

Scientists have captured a seizure moving through a living brain in three dimensions and in real time, offering one of the clearest views yet of...

Water is often described as the universal solvent, but that familiar label captures only part of its importance. In living systems, geological environments and laboratory...

Colleen Sloan, PhD, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received the Outstanding Contributions to Practice...