How tidal range electricity generation could meet future demand and storage problems

Tidal range schemes are financially viable and could lower energy bills say researchers. Research combined a…

High-tech pavement markers support autonomous driving in tough conditions, remote areas

Engineers are placing low-powered sensors in the reflective raised pavement markers that are already used to…

What role does alternative splicing play in neurodegenerative disease?

Scientists have written a review to discuss emerging research and evidence of the roles of alternative…

Cuttlefish brain atlas created

Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in…

Hidden mechanism connects cancer and diabetes

Insulin resistance is usually associated with type 2 diabetes. Now researchers have found it in cancer…

Scientists unearth 20 million years of 'hot spot' magmatism under Cocos plate

A team of scientists has observed past episodic intraplate magmatism and corroborated the existence of a…

Scientists discover new embryonic cell type that self-destructs to protect the developing embryo

Scientists have uncovered a new quality control system that removes damaged cells from early developing embryos. …

Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells

Researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments…

Restoring the blood-brain barrier?

Scientists discover a treatment in mice to repair the blood-brain barrier, which is key to brain…

Pangolin, the inspiration for a medical robot

Scientists have developed a magnetically controlled soft medical robot with a unique, flexible structure inspired by…