Elusive pygmy right whale is a homebody

The smallest member of the filter-feeding family is one of the only whale species not to…

Routinely drinking alcohol may raise blood pressure even in adults without hypertension

An analysis of data from seven studies involving more than 19,000 adults in the United States,…

Eco-friendly enzyme to create key chemical building blocks

Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions that…

Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time

Scientists have trained a machine learning model in outer space, on board a satellite. This achievement…

Imaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic

Researchers have developed a multimodal platform to image biohybrids — microorganisms that use solar energy to…

Novel Raman technique breaks through 50 years of frustration

Researchers have developed a new technique that vastly improves readings of protein-to-ligand interactions through Raman spectroscopy. …

Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds

Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content. Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds,…

A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier

In hopes of improving the survival rate for breast cancer patients, researchers designed a wearable ultrasound…

Billions in conservation spending fail to improve wild fish stocks in Columbia Basin

Four decades of conservation spending totaling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed…

Astronomers shed new light on formation of mysterious fast radio bursts

International team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast…