Research: Anti-starvation trick that saved our ancestors may underlie obesity epidemic —

A molecular "trick" that kept our ancient ancestors from starving may now be contributing to the obesity epidemic, a new study finds. In starvation...

Research: Researchers develop a way to power small devices by walking —

Imagine powering your devices by walking. With technology recently developed by a group of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, that...

Research: The speediest quantum operation yet —

A group of scientists led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons has achieved the first two-qubit gate between atom qubits...

Research: DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines —

Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize...

Research: New research in mice helps to understand the risks around exposure to low...

Low doses of radiation equivalent to three CT scans, which are considered safe, give cancer-capable cells a competitive advantage over normal cells in...

Research: West Antarctic ice collapse may be prevented by snowing ocean water onto it...

The ice sheet covering West Antarctica is at risk of sliding off into the ocean. While further ice-sheet destabilisation in other parts of...

Research: Study finds that the relationship of ‘distributed circuit’ components scales across species —

The world is filled with millions upon millions of distinct smells, but how mammals' brains evolved to tell them apart is something of...

Research: Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host...

Through behavioral experiments and real-time recording of the female mosquito brain, a team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Washington,...

Research: Fundamental scientific discovery could lead to new ways to repair damaged hearts —

University of Calgary researchers are the first to discover a previously unidentified cell population in the pericardial fluid found inside the sac around...

Research: Advance, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for...

It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome. A new University at Buffalo-led study...

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