Increasing skepticism against robots

In Europe, people are more reserved regarding robots than they were five years ago.

Synthetic flaxseed derivative helps heart function in septic mice

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that develops in response to infection. One of its major complications…

Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees

Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a…

Multi-hop communication: Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks

Researchers looked to nature for inspiration in designing more effective wireless sensor networks. First, they recorded…

Concussions linked to epilepsy development

Experiments show a strong relationship between changes in astrocytes after mild traumatic brain injury and the…

2D magnetism reaches a new milestone

Researchers have reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes…

New insights into magnetic quantum effects in solids

Using a new computational method, an international collaboration has succeeded for the first time in systematically…

A fleeting moment in time: Last breath of a dying star

The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a short…

New genes associated with the leading cause of blindness

A new study identifies genes associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that could represent new targets…

Exercise before surgery can protect both muscle and nerves, study suggests

Exercise can protect both muscle and nerves from damage caused by the restoration of blood flow…