Science
Scientific discoveries and research
How the body senses cold has been a mystery—until now
When you reach into a bucket of ice, open your front door on a snowy day, or feel the tingle of menthol toothpaste, a protein in your nerve cells called TRPM8 s...
Past CO₂ emissions may drive far bigger future economic losses
The economic damage yet to come from carbon dioxide emitted decades ago far exceeds the harm it has wrought so far, according to a new Stanford University study...
The earliest dogs in Europe: 14,200-year-old DNA helps reveal their identity
An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, the University of East Anglia and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolog...
Low-cost sensor system could warn farmers of salt stress in plants
Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Bioelectronic platform enables precise H₂S delivery to cells, turning a toxic gas into a therapeutic tool
A toxic gas known for its "rotten egg smell" has been transformed into a therapeutic tool. A research team at KAIST has developed a technology to precisely cont...
Now you see it, now you don't: Material can transition between quantum states
A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a rare, switchable quantum property in a new type o...
World Food Prize goes to food safety scientist for preventing millions of cases of foodborne illness
A scientist who pioneered the modern food processing safety standards used around the world was awarded this year's World Food Prize, the organization announced...
Radio signals at the edge of extreme stars come from far beyond their surfaces
Pulsars are ultra-dense, rapidly spinning, and highly magnetized remnants of dead stars. They act like cosmic lighthouses, sending out regular pulses of radio w...
Tiny fossil eggs provide first physical evidence of Cretaceous bird-like dinosaurs in Korea
A major gap in South Korea's prehistoric record has been filled with the discovery of Onggwanoolithus aphaedoensis, the first known bird-type dinosaur eggs from...
Unusual signal may prove existence of primordial black holes
It may well take years to prove, but a pair of University of Miami astrophysicists could be on the verge of a cosmic breakthrough that will confirm the existenc...
Polymer uses movable molecular rings to overcome durability–degradability trade-off
Modern polymer materials face a fundamental challenge: they must remain strong and durable during use, yet ideally degrade when they are no longer needed. Desig...
DNA origami precisely positions single-photon emitters for quantum technologies
An international research team led by scientists from Skoltech has developed a method to position molecules on the surface of ultrathin materials with unprecede...