Credit: B. Weissbourd The human brain has 100 billion neurons, making 100 trillion connections. Understanding the precise circuits of brain cells that orchestrate all of…
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One in five U.S. adults will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, according to the National Alliance of Mental Health. But standard treatments can…
There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface. But the farthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles down, so how could…
Scientific first at CERN facility a preview of upcoming 3-year research campaign. The international Forward Search Experiment team, led by physicists at the University of…
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. This past…
Macrophages in Culture. Credit: Adam Taylor Researchers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have developed…
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There are three reasons we see so many red American barns. It’s traditional, it’s practical and the color looks good. Although a main reason to…
With four tiny legs and an extraordinarily long body, a fossil of the snake-like lizard Tetrapodophis amplectus has created controversy. Credit: Julius Csotonyi More than…
With around 256 million cases and more than 5 million deaths worldwide, the COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is…
UC Davis Health infectious diseases expert answers common questions about Merck’s new COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an…
Industrial fishing over the past century appears to have broken a law of nature. Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from…
The sensitizer molecules (green) absorb low energy photons (long-wavelength light) and become excited into triplet states. These triplet states are then transferred to nearby annihilator…
Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter making a flyby at Earth. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab The chance that ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft will encounter space debris during…
Should heterojunction solar technologies be temporarily shelved? Could copper plating replace screen-printed silver conductive surfaces in cells? Why are tandem cells a likely successor to…
Black hole artist’s impression. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser) Our telescopes have never detected a black holeA black hole is a place in space where the…
The cluster of neurological symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. Credit:…
Concept rendering of a digital cooking appliance that boasts dozens of ingredients and a precise cooking laser to assemble and cook meals using digital recipes.…
Russia’s new Prichal docking module arrives at the station providing additional docking ports and fuel transfer capabilities. Credit: NASA The five-ton Prichal docking module arrived…