How well do you know the back of your hand, really?

Many of us are spending a lot of time looking at our hands lately and we…

What happens in Vegas: Consent matters in 'Sin City' and other sex tourism cities

Mention the phrase “sex tourism” in conversation and most people will cringe in disgust. …

World's first ultrasound biosensor created in Australia

The ability to accurately monitor drug levels and biological molecules inside patients in real time has…

Organizations need to be transparent in times of crisis, says expert

Times of crisis and uncertainty prove to be challenging for public and private organizations whose leadership…

Mathematical model helps to explain the formation of spine and ribs

At an early stage in vertebrates’ embryonic development somites form: these are primitive segments from which…

Buildings grown by bacteria: New research to turn cells into mini-factories for materials

Buildings are not unlike a human body. They have bones and skin; they breathe. Electrified, they…

Scientists invent symmetry-breaking for the first time in a nanoscale device that can mimic human brain

Over the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications such as machine learning have gained…

Study unveils dependence of spin memory loss in a variety of interfaces

Researchers at the University of Twente and Beijing Normal University have recently conducted a study investigating…

Solitonics in molecular wires could benefit electronics

Soliton descriptions for the conducting polymers polyacetylene—descriptions based around a type of solitary wave—caused great excitement…

Sensing internal organ temperature with optically stimulated luminescence

A cheap, biocompatible white powder that luminesces when heated could be used for non-invasively monitoring the…