Light-Driven Micromotors: Gears Smaller Than Human Hair
Micrometer-scale gears powered by laser lightThe University of Gothenburg has reported a breakthrough in microscale mech...
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Bacteria-Derived PDCA Advances Biodegradable Plastics
Microbial route to a more biodegradable plastic ingredientPlastic is foundational to modern life but remains costly for ...
Telomere-Targeted Antioxidants Aim to Boost T Cells
Researchers are developing a telomere-specific antioxidant strategy designed to preserve the ends of chromosomes in T ce...
New U-Pb Dating Revises Age of Yunyang Dinosaur Eggs
Introduction and scientific contextNew in-situ carbonate uranium–lead (U–Pb) geochronology applied to sediments at the Q...
Unexpected Deep-Sea Discovery: Three New Snailfishes
A surprising find in the abyssal plainThe deep Pacific off California has yielded three previously unknown species of sn...
Mapping the Plant Stem-Cell Master Switch to Raise Yield
Breakthrough: a map of plant stem-cell regulatorsPlant stem cells drive organ formation and growth in crops, underpinnin...
Ant Queen Produces Two Species: Cross‑Species Cloning Revealed in the Iberian Harvester Ant
Unexpected reproductive strategy discovered in Messor ibericusScientists have discovered that the Iberian harvester ant ...
Quantum Processor Observes a Novel Floquet Topological Phase of Matter
Quantum Machines Reveal New States of MatterScientists using a programmable quantum processor have reported the first ex...
Engineers Send Quantum Signals over Commercial Fiber Using Internet Protocols
Quantum Signals Travel on Live Commercial FiberA University of Pennsylvania engineering team has demonstrated that quant...
AI Predicts Keratoconus Progression Years Before Doctors Can—Preventing Vision Loss and Reducing Transplants
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now identify which patients with keratoconus are likely to experience damaging disease ...
Surgeons Rework a Glue Gun Into a Portable 3D Printer for On-the-Spot Bone Grafts
From DIY Tool to Surgical InnovationResearchers in South Korea have transformed a household glue gun into a compact, han...
Photon-like Electrons in Organic Compounds Reveal a Universal Quantum Magnetic Signature
Photon-like electrons and a new class of quantum materialsQuantum materials host exotic charge carriers that can behave ...
Tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s Genetic Legacy: Living Male Descendants and the Race to Reconstruct His DNA
A genealogical bridge to Leonardo’s genomeFor over five centuries, Leonardo da Vinci has been studied as an unparalleled...
World’s Oldest Microbial DNA Recovered from Million-Year-Old Mammoth Remains
Ancient microbes preserved in mammoth remainsAn international team led by the Centre for Palaeogenetics has retrieved mi...
Gribshunden Wreck Reveals Europe’s Earliest Naval Artillery and a Lost Chapter of Age of Exploration
A royal wreck with global significanceArchaeologists from Lund University have reopened a window into late 15th-century ...
From a Jerash Tooth to Venice: Tracing the Origins and Persistence of Plague
Recent paleogenomic work that analyzed a tooth from Jerash has clarified the early geographic and evolutionary history o...
Brain Signals Predict When You'll Change Your Mind — and Why It Matters
How the Monty Hall Puzzle Illuminates Human Decision-MakingThe Monty Hall problem — choose one of three doors, the host ...
Researchers Identify Cause of Eerie White Halos on Southern California Seafloor: Alkaline Waste, Not Just DDT
Alkaline leaks explain ‘ghostly’ white halos around sunken barrelsImages of corroded metal drums resting on the deep sea...
Scientists Build the First Time Crystal Visible to the Human Eye — Neon Stripes from Liquid Crystals
A Time Crystal You Can SeePhysicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have announced a landmark demonstration: a ti...
Modular Quantum Computers: Superconducting Qubits That Snap Together Like LEGO
Modularity meets quantum engineeringEngineers at the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Cham...