Category: Science and Health

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to…

Stanford scientists have uncovered how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can very rarely trigger heart inflammation in…

Neutrinos may be nearly invisible, but they play a starring role in the Universe. Long-standing…

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes….

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers…

A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen…

Vitamin C doesn’t just belong in skincare products—it works even better when you eat it….

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser…

Scientists in Japan have confirmed that ultra-thin films of ruthenium dioxide belong to a newly…

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a…

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow…

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could…

A new eco-friendly technology can capture and destroy PFAS, the dangerous “forever chemicals” found worldwide…

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests…

What we put on our plates may matter more for the climate than we realize….

Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that…

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false…

AI writing tools are supercharging scientific productivity, with researchers posting up to 50% more papers…

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now…

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing…

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but…

A new discovery shows that messy, stray light can be used to clean up quantum…

Researchers have created tiny metal-based particles that push cancer cells over the edge while leaving…

A new imaging technology can distinguish cancerous tissue from healthy cells by detecting ultra-weak light…

A deadly hospital fungus that resists nearly every antifungal drug may have an unexpected weakness….

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they…

New research suggests Alzheimer’s may start far earlier than previously thought, driven by a hidden…

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can…

Eating full-fat cheese and cream may be associated with a lower risk of dementia, according…

A Brazilian study has confirmed that Joseph’s Coat, a plant used for generations in folk…

Scientists have uncovered a missing feedback in Earth’s carbon cycle that could cause global warming…

Researchers studying a massive landslide in Alaska have detected strange seasonal seismic pulses caused by…

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites,…

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By…

Spanish researchers have created a powerful new open-source tool that helps uncover the hidden genetic…

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface….

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a…

Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set…

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells…

In a rare and historic achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado successfully completed its first dual heart…

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing…

New research reveals when glaciers around the world will vanish and why every fraction of…