Read More Scince News Scientific 4 days ago How Daily Mental Sharpness Can Cost You 40 Minutes Each New research from U of T Scarborough links daily swings in cognitive sharpness to roughly 30–40 minutes of effective work per day, revealing sleep, mood and pacing as key levers to boost productivity.
Read More Scince News Scientific 13 days ago Engineered Dreams: Steering Sleep to Spark Creativity A Northwestern study found that carefully timed sound cues during REM sleep can bias dream content and boost problem-solving. Targeted memory reactivation may make sleep a tool for creativity and learning.
Read More Scince News Scientific 19 days ago Scientists Find 600 Quadrillion Microplastics in Air New analysis shows land-based sources release roughly 600 quadrillion microplastic particles into the atmosphere each year—about 20 times the ocean’s contribution—revealing urgent monitoring and policy needs.
Read More Scince News Scientific 21 days ago How Baby Sauropods Fueled Jurassic Predator Empires New analysis of Morrison Formation fossils shows that juvenile sauropods were a primary food source in the Late Jurassic, sustaining predators and shaping evolutionary pressures that later favored larger, deadlier hunters.
Read More Scince News Scientific 21 days ago Coal Tailings Could Unlock Vast Rare-Earth Supplies A Northeastern University-led team developed a microwave-assisted alkaline pretreatment that boosts rare earth element recovery from coal tailings up to threefold, offering a potential domestic supply for clean technologies.
Read More Scince News Scientific 21 days ago Nanoplastics Are Strengthening Dangerous Water Biofilms New research shows nanoplastics in drinking water can strengthen biofilms, alter bacteria–phage interactions, and increase resistance to disinfectants—posing fresh challenges for water safety and treatment.
Read More Scince News Scientific 24 days ago Ultrasound for Consciousness: Probing the Brain's Secrets Transcranial focused ultrasound offers noninvasive, deep, and precise brain stimulation. MIT researchers outline experiments to test how specific brain regions generate consciousness and pain, moving from correlation to causation.
Read More Scince News Scientific 24 days ago New Brain Study: Episodic and Semantic Memory Merge New fMRI research from Nottingham and Cambridge finds overlapping brain activity when people recall personal events and factual knowledge, challenging decades-long views that episodic and semantic memory are separate systems.
Read More Scince News Scientific 27 days ago Why Autistic Faces Show Emotions Differently — Not a Deficit A University of Birmingham study finds autistic and non-autistic people use facial movements differently to show anger, happiness and sadness. These differences may cause mutual misunderstanding and have implications for diagnosis, technology and social communication.
Read More Scince Scientific 28 days ago Obelisk RNAs: Tiny Genetic Entities Hidden in Humans Stanford researchers discovered nearly 30,000 tiny 'obelisk' RNAs in human mouth and gut microbiomes. These circular, rod-shaped genetic elements blur the line between viruses and viroids and may influence microbial ecosystems.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago Femtosecond UV-C Lasers: Fast Free‑Space Optical Messaging Researchers have combined efficient cascaded nonlinear UV-C generation with atomically thin 2D semiconductor detectors to create and decode femtosecond UV-C pulses, enabling free-space, obstacle-tolerant optical communication and new ultrafast photonics.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago How a 250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrote Mammal Hearing New CT-based biomechanical models indicate Thrinaxodon, a 250-million-year-old cynodont, likely possessed an eardrum for airborne hearing, pushing the origin of mammal-like hearing back by ~50 million years.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago Turning Off an Immune Switch to Prevent Chemo Nerve Pain New research shows chemotherapy-triggered immune stress — via the IRE1α-XBP1 pathway — can cause nerve damage. Blocking that immune alarm may prevent painful neuropathy and help patients complete treatment.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago EAST’s Breakthrough: Beating Plasma Density Limits China's EAST tokamak exceeded a long-standing plasma density limit by controlling wall impurities, especially tungsten, using a new PWSO model and modified heating/startup methods. Findings published in Science Advances.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago Nanotyrannus Confirmed: A Small Tyrannosaur Species New hyoid-bone histology shows the Nanotyrannus holotype was an adult, supporting its status as a separate small tyrannosaur species and reshaping views of Late Cretaceous predator diversity.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago Molecules That Compute: Brain-Like, Shape-Shifting Chips IISc researchers engineered ruthenium-based molecular devices that switch between memory, logic and synapse-like roles. Their chemistry-driven approach could enable energy-efficient neuromorphic hardware.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago World’s Smallest Programmable Microrobot Sparks New Futures Researchers have built a fully programmable microrobot—200×300µm and 50µm thick—that senses, computes and swims autonomously in fluid. The device operates on 100 nanowatts from tiny solar cells and could enable medical and environmental microswarms.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago Paper Mills and Fake Science: A Global Integrity Crisis A Northwestern University study reveals industrial-scale scientific fraud carried out by paper mills, brokers, and hijacked journals. The article explains detection methods, tactics used, and steps to protect research integrity.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago How Visible Light Lets Us Print Electronics on Skin Researchers used visible light to polymerize water-soluble monomers into conductive polymers, enabling skin-safe, printed electrodes without toxic chemicals. The method promises safer wearables and simpler manufacturing.
Read More Scince News Scientific a month ago New 3D-Printed Aluminum Is Five Times Stronger for Aerospace MIT engineers used machine learning and laser powder bed fusion to design a 3D-printable aluminum alloy that is five times stronger than cast aluminum and stable to ~400°C, opening paths for aerospace and thermal-management parts.
