Biotechnology

Brittle stars can learn just fine — even without a brain

DURHAM, N.C. — We humans are fixated on big brains as a proxy for smarts. But he...

Identifying Australia’s most elusive birds

University of Queensland scientists have analysed more than 3.8 million voluntee...

Parsing the puzzle of nucleon spin

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Alexandre Deur has spent his career studying the mystifying s...

Rise of microplastics discovered in placentas of Hawaiʻ...

A placenta (commonly known as the “afterbirth” or “ʻiēwe” (ēwe or ʻiewe) in Hawa...

Scientists create framework to guide development and as...

With the world projected to be highly urbanized by 2050, cities are encouraged t...

Applications of macrocyclic molecules in cancer therapy...

This review was designed by Professor Xiaoling Song and Professor Biao Jiang and...

What is Cellular Agriculture? The world population is e...

In his Value Creation project in Cell Ag class, Tufts senior Adham Ali faced an ...

No IKAROS, no antibodies

A cell nucleus is a busy place. Cellular proteins twist and pull DNA, folding th...

Defending your voice against deepfakes

Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence have spurred developments ...

Revolutionizing cancer treatment through programmable b...

What if a single one-dollar dose could cure cancer? Credit: Texas A&M Engineerin...

Hundreds of PPPL students and scientists present findin...

More than 120 staff and 80 students and interns from the U.S. Department of Ener...

Next generation semiconductors: Diamond device shows hi...

Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana...

Review article shows key role of Brazil in research on ...

Publications on sugarcane have increased exponentially since 2006 worldwide, and...

Orbital-angular-momentum-encoded diffractive networks f...

Deep learning has revolutionized the way we perceive and utilize data. However, ...

Giant sea salt aerosols play major role in Hawai‘i’s co...

Despite their tiny sizes, aerosols, such as sea salt, dust, and ash, play a gian...

Team led by Elias Bareinboim wins $5 million NSF grant ...

As our world moves closer to an AI-based economy, a growing number of decisions ...