Singing posters and talking shirts: Engineers turn objects into FM stations

A new technique enables 'singing' posters and 'smart' clothing to send audio or data directly to…

Food subsidies, taxes significantly improve dietary choices

Lowering the cost of healthy foods significantly increases their consumption, while raising the cost of unhealthy…

Cholesterol-processing enzyme protects from debilitating brain lesions

Researchers have discovered that a specific enzyme in the brain could reduce the formation of debilitating…

Experiment makes substantial leap forward in quest for dark matter

New research represents a significant improvement on previous detection constraints, and a substantial step forward in…

Teens drive more safely in the months after a crash

Teens' risky driving drops considerably in the two months following a serious collision, according to new…

Synthetic tooth enamel may lead to more resilient structures

Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers…

Improved gene expression atlas shows that many human long non-coding RNAs may actually be functional

Scientists have generated a comprehensive atlas of human long non-coding RNAs with substantially improved gene models,…

In cleaning up misfolded proteins, cell powerhouses can break down

Working with yeast and human cells, researchers say they have discovered an unexpected route for cells…

World’s oldest fossils unearthed

Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered, providing direct evidence of…

Molecular structure of the cell nucleoskeleton revealed for the first time

Using 3-D electron microscopy, structural biologists have succeeded in elucidating the architecture of the lamina of…