Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss

A study reports that scattering sunlight-reflecting particles in the atmosphere — a theoretical form of climate…

Scientists 3D-print hair follicles in lab-grown skin

Scientists have 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the…

Printed robots with bones, ligaments, and tendons

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and…

Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets

Newly discovered iron storage ‘ferrosomes’ inside the bacterium C. diff — the leading cause of hospital-acquired…

James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet

Astronomers have used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere…

New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses

A new technique offers a safe, reliable, and high-throughput way to dynamically characterize microscale metamaterials. The method could…

This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects

Engineers have developed a high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer that uses computer vision to rapidly and…

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities,…

How Black Holes Consume Entropy

Entropy is one of those fearsomely deep concepts that form the core of entire fields of…

Previously unknown luminescence revealed in ten deep sea species and an order of sea cucumbers

Researchers present evidence of previously unknown luminosity in 10 deep-sea species, suggesting underestimated diversity. These new…