Why we won’t get to Mars without teamwork

If humanity hopes to make it to Mars anytime soon, we need to understand not just…

Cold production of new seafloor

Magma steadily emerges between oceanic plates. It pushes the plates apart, builds large underwater mountains and…

Lack of paid sick leave increases poverty

A new study has quantified, for the first time, the relationship between lack of paid sick…

Bursts of brain activity linked to memory reactivation

Leading theories propose sleep presents an opportune time for important, new memories to become stabilized. And…

Wood to supercapacitors

Carbon aerogels are ultralight, conductive materials, which are extensively investigated for applications in supercapacitor electrodes in…

Black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors, study finds

A new study reports educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the health…

3D printed sugar offers sweet solution for tissue engineering, device manufacturing

Engineers built a 3D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial…

You are what your mother eats

Researchers have demonstrated that two neurons key to growth and metabolism -- GHRH and AgRP --…

Genes of different importance for brain cancer

Two genes play important roles for the formation of malignant cancer in the brain. One gene…

A system of check and balances in the blood

Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) give rise to blood and immune cells of the body, and are…