'Mystery gene' matures the skeleton of the cell

Scientists have managed to track down one of the ‘mystery genes’ — the gene that ensures…

Observations confirm model predictions of sea-level change from Greenland melt

Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities…

Sniffing out the brain's smelling power

Since their discovery over 100 years ago, neurons in the brain’s olfactory bulb, called tufted cells,…

Neural net computing in water

A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…

For the longest time: Quantum computing engineers set new standard in silicon chip performance

Engineers have substantially extended the time that their quantum computing processors can hold information by more…

Potential first traces of the universe's earliest stars

Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the…

Machine learning helps scientists peer (a second) into the future

The past may be a fixed and immutable point, but with the help of machine learning,…

Seeing antibiotics in action inside a pathogenic bacterium

New research shows at atomic detail how antibiotics affect the process of protein production inside bacteria.…

Active matter, curved spaces: Mini robots learn to 'swim' on stretchy surfaces

Physicists are using small wheeled robots to better understand these indirect mechanical interactions, how they play…

Lunar glass shows Moon asteroid impacts mirrored on Earth

A research team has found asteroid impacts on the Moon millions of years ago coincided precisely…