Many technological applications, such as sensors and batteries, greatly rely on electrochemical reactions. Improving these ...

The first clue as to how the autonomic nerves work came from Luigi Galvani’s classic discovery in the 1780s that a spark from an electrostatic generator made the severed leg of a frog twitch. This ...

A new microscale gas chromatography system integrates all fluidic components into a single chip for the first time. The design leverages three Knudsen pumps that move gas molecules using heat ...

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete ...

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend—but do lab-grown diamonds hold the same social standing as their mined counterparts? And where to buy lab-grown diamonds? Over the last few years, lab-grown ...

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

They’re harnessing it to help directors prepare, debate, and decide. by Stanislav Shekshnia and Valery Yakubovich In 2014 Hong Kong–based Deep Knowledge Ventures formally appointed an algorithm to its ...

Indiana University researchers are advancing the fight against Alzheimer’s disease using brain organoids, cutting-edge ...

It was a perfect June evening in New York when I received my first email from the source who would ask me to call him Red Bull. He was writing from hell, 8,000 miles away. A summer shower had left a ...

People who interact with chatbots for emotional support or other personal reasons are likelier to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, a new study finds. The researchers from Mass General Brigham ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) models have proved useful in some areas of science, like predicting 3D protein structures, a new study shows that it should not yet be trusted in many lab ...