Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity

Engineers have developed a super-hydrophobic surface that can be used to generate electrical voltage. When salt…

Drinking more water reduces bladder infections in women, study finds

Drinking an additional 1.5 liters of water daily can reduce recurring bladder infections in premenopausal women…

Combination therapy targets latent reservoir of HIV

Medical researchers demonstrate that administering broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAb) designed to target HIV in combination with…

Recording device for cell history

Researchers are using the CRISPR-Cas system to develop a novel recording mechanism: the snippets of DNA…

Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos

The three axes of the mammalian body, established shortly after implantation of the embryo in the…

Unmasking corrosion to design better protective thin films for metals

Corrosion of metals is an age-old problem, but they are normally protected from catastrophic damage by…

Mountaintop observatory sees gamma rays from exotic Milky Way object

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) collaboration has detected highly energetic light coming from a…

Fresh insights help unlock mysteries of the first stages of life

Key insights into how sperm and egg cells are formed have been discovered by scientists, shedding…

Family of rodents may explain how some groups of animals become so diverse

Scientists have developed a new model that shows how geography can play a major role in…

Fly protein has protective effect on dopaminergic neurons

A team recently identified the fruit fly protein known as Scarlet as a target gene whose…