UK proposes banning social media ‘likes’ for children

Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and…

Turning silenced cancer genes back into fighters

Working with human colon cancer cells and mice, researchers led by experts at the Johns Hopkins…

The warming Arctic permafrost may be releasing more nitrous oxide than previously thought

About one fourth of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost. Now, these permanently frozen beds…

A next-generation triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) to realize constant current from electrostatic breakdown

Scientists have dedicated intense work in recent years to convert environmental energy into electricity to meet…

Seven common myths about quantum physics

I have been popularising quantum physics, my area of research, for many years now. The general…

Graphene-based foam stays soft and squishy even at super cold temperatures

A team of researchers with members from Nankai University in China and Rice University in the…

NuSTAR Detection of X-Rays Concurrent with Gamma-Rays in the Nova V5855 Sgr

Abstract: We report the first detection of hard (>10 keV) X-ray emission simultaneous with gamma-rays in…

The Segmented Aperture Interferometric Nulling Testbed (SAINT) III: Control Systems Analysis and Preliminary Results

Abstract: This work presents a detailed current performance analysis for the telescope, pointing, and coronagraph com-…

Scientists develop artificial chemical receptor to assist viral transduction for T cell engineering

Engineered T cell immunotherapy, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor…

Can we cure cancer by finding out how two proteins interact?

In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Dr. Özdemir has studied two protein…