Color-shifting electronic skin could have wearable tech and prosthetic uses

Researchers have developed a new type of user-interactive electronic skin, with a color change perceptible to…

Fungal spores harness physics to launch themselves

More than a century ago, Reginald Buller discovered that a spherical drop of water that forms…

Women entrepreneurs still lag behind men in accessing new business funding

Women entrepreneurs are finding it increasingly difficult to access venture capital funding for start-up businesses and…

Male hepatitis B patients suffer worse liver ailments, regardless of lifestyle

A new study determined that it doesn't matter where a person lives or the choices they…

New virus discovered in migratory bird in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Researchers have discovered a new virus in a white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), a migratory bird species…

Explaining failure of retinoic acid trials against breast cancer: Timing key

Estrogen-positive breast cancers are often treated with anti-estrogen therapies. But about half of these cancers contain…

Large, distant comets more common than previously thought

There are about seven times more long-period comets measuring at least 1 kilometer across than previously…

Wet or dry in an instant: Smart surface enables advanced manipulation of droplets

Researchers have developed an inexpensive, scalable smart surface that is powered by just a conventional electric…

Molecular microscopy illuminates molecular motor motion

A toddler running sometimes loses footing because both feet come off the ground at the same…

Physicists master unexplored electron property

While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies such…