Unexpected wins in both humans and monkeys increase risk taking

How do humans make decisions when the outcomes are uncertain? One possible way would be to…

When the cell digests itself: How inherited neurodegenerative diseases develop

A tangle of pockets, tubes and sac-like membrane structures runs through the cells of humans, animals,…

Emergence of solvated dielectrons observed for the first time

Solvated dielectrons are the subject of many hypotheses among scientists, but have never been directly observed.…

Chemists develop ferromagnetic single-atom spin catalyst for boosting water splitting reactions

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a scalable hydrothermal approach for obtaining…

Researchers investigate the swarming behavior of microrobots

Miniaturization is progressing rapidly in many fields, and the trend toward the creation of ever smaller…

NASA launches final pair of storm tracker satellite quartet

NASA has launched the final pair of a satellite quartet designed to track tropical cyclones hour…

First measurements of hypernuclei flow at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Physicists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have published the first observation…

Biocompatible microfibers developed as the basis for tissue engineering

In biomedical technology, tissue engineering for the ex-vivo production of skin or organs is becoming increasingly…

Movement of filaments of Trichodesmium and their interactions with other filaments help form aggregates

A team of environmental engineers at ETH Zurich’s Institute of Environmental Engineering working with a colleague…

Bridging archaeology and marine conservation in the South Atlantic Ocean

The marine ecosystems of the South Atlantic Ocean have experienced a significant decline in recent decades…