Decontaminating almonds and nuts with compressed carbon dioxide

Hardly a day goes by without manufacturers recalling food tainted by impurities. Even dry foods, generally…

Scientists solve big limitation of stratospheric balloon payloads

Nearly all photons emitted after the Big Bang are now visible only at far-infrared wavelengths. This…

CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of model cells grown from stem cells

A team of biomedical engineers at Duke University has created a new way to turn stem…

Watch immune cells dig tunnels in tissues

White blood cells called cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) dig tunnels in tissues, potentially allowing other CTLs…

Suburbs are becoming increasingly diverse – urban development and the pandemic will transform them further

Historically, suburbs have been considered as places which are less diverse than cities, particularly with regard…

Deciphering the energetic code of cells for better anticancer therapies

The CNRS, INSERM, and Aix-Marseille University scientists at the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, in association with…

How the insect got its wings: Scientists (at last!) tell the tale

It sounds like a “Just So Story”—”How the Insect Got its Wings”—but it’s really a mystery…

Learning at your own pace with AI

When Singapore emerged from a two-month long COVID-19-imposed Circuit Breaker (CB), AI Singapore, a national Artificial…

Study spotlights Black social reformer, parks and rec pioneer, on Chicago's South Side

A new paper shines a spotlight on a Black social reformer and racial justice advocate whose…

The missing middle: Puberty is a critical time at school, so why aren't we investing in it more?

The middle years of school are defined as being from 8-14 years of age. These were…