Improving the magnetic bottle that controls fusion power on Earth

The exhaustive detection method that discovered the error field in the initial run of the NSTX-U…

Is it safe to use an electric fan for cooling?

The safety and effectiveness of electric fans in heatwaves depend on the climate and basing public…

Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere

Scientists have discovered previously undetected observational evidence of frequent energetic wave pulses the size of the…

Key step toward cancer treatments that leave healthy cells unharmed

Researchers have opened up a possible avenue for new cancer therapies that don’t have the side…

Blocking key mineral uptake could prevent gonorrhea infection

Blocking the ability of the bacterial pathogen that causes gonorrhea to uptake the mineral zinc can…

Fertilizer feast and famine: Solving the global nitrogen problem

Research has identifies five strategies to tackle the two-sided challenge of a lack of fertilizer in…

Opioid use recovery requires persistence, range of services

Successful recovery from opioid use disorder appears to be even more challenging than recovery from alcohol…

Maya more warlike than previously thought

What was the role of warfare in Mayan civilization? New evidence from lake sediments around the…

Scientists can now manipulate brain cells using smartphone

A team of scientists have invented a device that can control neural circuits using a tiny…

Forecasting failure in disordered materials

Researchers were able to forecast likely points of failure in two-dimensional disordered laser-cut lattices without needing…