Review of world water resources

A recent review study provides an overview of the planet’s freshwater supplies and strategies for sustainably…

Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage

Researchers have developed resilient artificial muscles that can enable insect-scale aerial robots to effectively recover flight…

3D-printed insoles measure sole pressure directly in the shoe

Researchers are developing a 3D-printed insole with integrated sensors that allows the pressure of the sole…

Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds

Learning, remembering something, and recalling memories is supported by multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside…

Mild fever helps clear infections faster, new study suggests

It may be better to let a mild fever run its course instead of automatically reaching…

Where did Earth's water come from? Not melted meteorites, according to scientists

A new study brings scientists one step closer to answering the question of where Earth’s water…

Study unravels a cause of resistance to novel drug in patients with acute leukemia

A new targeted drug has not only sparked remissions in patients with a common form of…

Recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation

A pioneering global study has found deforestation and forests lost or damaged due to human and…

Visually navigating on foot uses unique brain region

Using vision to efficiently move through an area by foot uses a unique region of the…

Extensive catalog of exploding stars

The largest data release of relatively nearby supernovae (colossal explosions of stars), containing three years of…