Conservative state policies generally associated with higher mortality, study finds

State policies in eight different policy domains, including gun safety, labor and tobacco, are associated with…

Sensor disguised as a sea turtle egg allows conservationists to remotely predict nest hatching time

A new low-cost sensor designed to resemble a sea turtle egg enables scientists to monitor nests…

Considering COVID a hoax is 'gateway' to belief in conspiracy theories, study finds

Belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax — that its severity was exaggerated or that…

First radio-astronomy cryogenic receivers with all-metal 3D-printed RF components

Scientists have successfully fabricated corrugated all-metal 3D-printed horns for the ALMA Band 1 receivers (Radio Frequency:…

A pocket full of water molecules — how actin filaments drive the cell's motion

Actin filaments are protein fibers that make up the internal skeleton of the cell. As active…

Borrowing a shape from a to-go cup lid, a drone wing could learn how to sense danger faster

The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one…

New class of porous metal nanoparticles will give rise to new capabilities in biomolecular absorption, chemical sensing and separations

Researchers have made a significant advance in the way they produce exotic open-framework superlattices made of…

Popular pharmaceutical target in cells may prove even more useful

Researchers have identified a new signaling process involving G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a cellular target already…

Tracking mental health over the COVID-19 pandemic

When the world shut down in March of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people the…

Synthetic genetic circuits reprogram plant roots

Controlling gene activity is important for engineering plants for improved bioenergy crops and other applications. This…