Pregnant women have a higher risk of delivering early on unseasonably hot days

About a quarter of children in the United States are born two to three weeks before…

Image: Exoplanet satellite encapsulated

At Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, is being encapsulated into…

Scientists analyze handwriting with lasers to evaluate mental states

Scientists at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) along with international colleagues have studied the…

Computer-generated antibiotics, biosensor Band-Aids, and the quest to beat antibiotic resistance

Imagine if a computer could learn from molecules found in nature and use an algorithm to…

Illuminating the path for super-resolution imaging with improved rhodamine dyes

In recent years, there has been a rapid evolution of advanced fluorescence imaging techniques such as…

The direct observation of van der Waals stacking-dependent interlayer magnetism

Materials scientists aim to control the crystal structure of a solid—in a powerful approach to manipulate…

Using pathogen-specific viruses to control pathogen outbreaks

Researchers from the Utrecht University, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of York (UK) and…

Astronomers propose a novel method of finding atmospheres on rocky worlds

When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, one of its most anticipated contributions to…

Scientists invent method to create olefins

Olefins are one of those molecule types that most people don’t recognize, but which appear everywhere:…

Hiring antibodies as nanotechnology builders

What if we could use antibodies as functional tools for nanotechnology applications? A group of researchers…