Humans are leaving behind a 'frozen signature' of microbes on Mount Everest

Thanks to technological advances in microbial DNA analysis, researchers have discovered that mountaineers’ boots aren’t the…

Air pollution impairs successful mating of flies

A research team demonstrates that increased levels of ozone resulting from anthropogenic air pollution can degrade…

Solving the Alzheimer's disease puzzle: One piece at a time

Researchers have uncovered a novel regulatory mechanism in the brain that is essential for making the…

Game-changing high-performance semiconductor material could help slash heat emissions

Researchers have engineered a material with the potential to dramatically cut the amount of heat power…

Asteroid 2023 EN flew past Earth at 0.3 LD

A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 EN flew past Earth at a distance of 0.3 LD /…

Mirror-image molecules can modify signaling in neurons

With the aid of some sea slugs, chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable…

The 'Rapunzel' virus: an evolutionary oddity

Extremely long tail provides structural window into how bacteria-infecting viruses called phages assemble. Click…

Cleaning up the atmosphere with quantum computing

Practical carbon capture technologies are still in the early stages of development, with the most promising…

Fighting intolerance with physics

In a world experiencing growing inequality and intolerance, tools borrowed from science and mathematics could be…

Simulating cuts and burns reveals wound healing and clearing power of fibroblasts

Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team…