Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Does the Nepal glacier collapse signal a new climate risk?
Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of a glacier in the Nepali Himalayas signal a new kind of risk in a world warmed by climate...
Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely known as essential pollinators, but researchers using a "One Health" approach have also identified them as biological sen...
Breathable smart sensor developed for real-time hazardous gas detection on masks
A research team led by Sungwon Lee, a professor in the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST, developed a hierarchical nano-on-nano structure by directly...
Motorboat noise stunts growth and impairs predator escape in reef fish, study shows
Coral reef fish that are exposed to motorboat noise grow up smaller and less able to dodge predators, new research shows. Scientists played either boat noise or...
Why some earthquakes caused by fracking come with warning signs
Fracking, the injection of high-pressure fluid to fracture rock and release oil or gas, can trigger earthquakes. While some sites generate small tremors beforeh...
Joro spiders eat wider range of insects than Georgia's native orb weavers
When Joro spiders first arrived stateside more than a decade ago, scientists worried the massive black-and-yellow spiders would gorge themselves on the same bug...
Less buying power, elevated inflation push down consumer views
Consumer sentiment dropped about 6% from last month, landing around 11% below a year ago amid continued worries that inflation will remain elevated for the fore...
Widespread use of AI tools could make it harder to craft effective business communications
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT make it easier for business owners to produce polished pitches, business plans and other communications, but according to ne...
Mercury's crust points to deeper, hotter volcanic origins than expected
The evolutionary histories of Earth and Mercury differ fundamentally. The smallest planet, closest to the sun, likely began cooling early on, much like a settin...
Nano-antennas make living cells light up brighter and faster
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have demonstrated for the first time that nano-antennas can enhance the fluorescence of proteins in living human a...
A Google-like search engine for single-cell RNA data could answer previously impossible questions
Imagine doctors could understand exactly which cells caused a patient's cancer or whether pathogens contributed to the disease. They could then use the informat...
How methylation sets a parasite in motion to invade host cells
Parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum depend on rapid, precisely controlled movement to complete their life cycles....