Feel the beat: implanted microlasers scan heart from inside

It sounds like science fiction—but lasers beating to the rhythm of a live heart is exactly…

Dancing stars and black holes in a cosmic cloud of gas: New research of the 'common envelope phase'

Most massive stars are born in binaries (and sometimes triples, quadruples, and so on). As stars…

FSSCat/Ф-sat-1 ready for launch

The first artificial intelligence to be carried onboard a European Earth observation mission will be launched…

Pass the shiraz, please: how Australia's wine industry can adapt to climate change

Many Australians enjoy a glass of homegrown wine, and A$2.78 billion worth is exported each year.…

Portable smartphone add-on can measure methanol in alcoholic beverages

A team of researchers and engineers from Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zurich and University Hospital Zurich…

Police use-of-force policies fall short of human rights standards, report finds

Police use-of-force policies in the nation’s 20 largest cities fail to meet international human rights standards,…

As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates

There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the…

Susceptibility to carcinogens varies due to genetics

A new study looks into how and why certain individuals develop cancer and others do not. …

Origins of the beloved guinea pig

New research sheds light on guinea pig domestication and how and why the small, furry animals…

A new family of nanocars ready for the next nano 'Grand Prix'

Researchers have developed a new family of nanocars ready to compete on a gold surface against…