Nickel Catalyst Could Unlock Mixed Plastic Recycling — Turning Single-Use Waste into Oils, Waxes and Fuels
A simple metal addresses a complex recycling problemA team of chemists at Northwestern University has developed an inexp...
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Skin-like rubber turns body heat into electricity for continuous, battery-free wearables
Researchers led by Peking University have reported a stretchable, rubber-like thermoelectric material that converts the ...
Oxford Study Links Sleep Drive to Mitochondrial Electron Leaks in Brain Cells
Sleep as Cellular Maintenance: A New Physical TriggerOxford scientists have proposed a concrete, physical mechanism for ...
Researchers Identify miR-423-5p — A Blood Biomarker That Protects Kidney Microvessels
Breakthrough summaryA team at the Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM), affiliated with Université de Montréal, has iden...
How a Simple Chemical Spark May Have Linked RNA and Amino Acids at Life’s Dawn
A breakthrough laboratory study from University College London (UCL) reconstructs a plausible chemical step that could h...
Heat Styling and Hair Products Can Emit Nanoparticle Pollution Comparable to Busy Roadside Exposure
Hair Styling May Create Airborne Nanoparticles on Par With Traffic PollutionThe routine use of heated styling tools toge...
Chemists Recreate Key Step Toward Life: RNA and Amino Acids Linked by Thioesters in Water
Laboratory Recreation of a Primordial ReactionScientists have reproduced a critical chemical event that may have occurre...
Opaque AI Systems Threaten Human Dignity: Why Global Governance and Transparency Matter
AI’s rapid rise and a rights challengeArtificial intelligence technologies—particularly machine learning and deep neural...
Microscopic Tooth Wear Reveals Sauropod Diets, Migration and Niche Partitioning
Scientific background: reading behavior from fossil teethResearchers have begun extracting ecological signals from the s...
Can Vitamin D Slow Cellular Aging? New Trial Shows Telomere Preservation — With Caveats
Study Summary and Key FindingA recent randomized trial from Augusta University tracked 1,031 adults (mean age ~65) over ...
Hidden Stomach–Brain Rhythms Linked to Mood: New Study Suggests Gastric Signals Could Inform Mental Health
A surprising connection between gastric rhythms and mental healthA recent study by researchers at Aarhus University (Den...
Coral Skeletons Reveal Earlier and Faster Sea-Level Rise in the Indian Ocean — 'A Warning Sign' for Coastal Regions
New coral-based reconstruction shows accelerated sea-level rise beginning in the mid-20th centuryResearchers from the Na...
Maternal Microbes May Shape Fetal Brain Regions Linked to Stress and Social Behavior, Mouse Study Suggests
Recent research in mice indicates that a mother's microbiota can influence development of a brain region tied to stress ...
Supercharging Mitochondria Restores Memory in Mice with Dementia-Like Symptoms
Summary and key findingAn international research team has demonstrated that increasing the activity of mitochondria — th...
AI Screening Flags More Than 1,000 Potentially Problematic Open-Access Journals
Researchers using an artificial-intelligence (AI) screening tool have identified over 1,000 open-access journals that sh...
Researchers Pack a Complete Computer Into a Washable Clothing Fiber — Toward Truly Smart Garments
Scientists have demonstrated a flexible, washable "fiber computer" that embeds sensing, computation, communication and s...
AI model scores real-world disease risk from rare genetic variants using electronic health records
AI quantifies 'penetrance' to clarify what rare DNA variants mean for healthWhen a clinical genetic test returns a rare ...
Active Flat Bands in Kagome Superconductors: A New Lever for Quantum Materials Design
Active flat electronic bands have been directly observed in a kagome superconductor, confirming a long-standing theoreti...
Heat Waves May Speed Biological Aging as Much as Smoking or Drinking, Large Study Finds
Study overview and key findingA longitudinal analysis led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong examined health ...
Ancient DNA Breakthrough Confirms Justinian Plague — A Forensic Win with Lessons for Car Enthusiasts
Genomic forensics at the empire’s epicenterResearchers have produced the first direct genetic evidence linking Yersinia ...