Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...

An advance from Monash University could pave the way for faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient lasers and other light-based technologies. Engineers have developed a new type of perovskite ...

Neither plant, nor animal, nor fungus: science finally discovers what these 8-metre giants were - ...

For generations, medical students were taught that the map of the human body was essentially complete. Yet cancer imaging has ...

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz developed a faster way to screen enzyme variants, helping scientists identify promising drug-making molecules much earlier and easing a major bottleneck in biocatalysis ...

Earth observation data underpin climate science, disaster response, and environmental policy, yet inconsistent grid ...

The potential of microrobots is enormous. These miniature objects can be designed to carry out actions within the body, such as sensing biomarkers, manipulating objects like blood clots, or delivering ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

Scientists have revealed the secret to the structural integrity of tiny particles that transport cargo from cell to cell through blood vessels and bodily fluids: special proteins that keep their ...

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

A study shows that polarons can host stable atomic distortion patterns, reshaping how charge and energy move in materials ...