Air-powered robots learn to walk, crawl, and think without a brain
Scientists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of soft robot that moves and reacts without using any electronics, motors, or...
“Living metal” could connect electronics and biology like never before
Scientists at Binghamton University are developing a remarkable new material they call “living metal”—a combination of metal and bacterial spores that could one day...
Giant stars may have forged the universe’s oldest star clusters, study finds
Astronomers have long puzzled over how the oldest and most mysterious star clusters in the universe—known as globular clusters—came to be.
Now, an international research...
Tiny neural implant smaller than a grain of salt can track brain activity for...
Scientists have created a brain implant so small it can sit on a grain of salt—yet powerful enough to wirelessly record brain activity for...
How hops create the compounds that give beer its iconic bitterness
Beer lovers owe much of their favorite drink’s flavor and aroma to hops—the cone-shaped flowers of the hop plant.
Now, scientists have finally solved a...
Astronomers witness brightest and most distant black hole flare ever recorded
Astronomers have captured the most powerful and farthest black hole flare ever recorded—a cosmic light show so bright it outshined 10 trillion suns.
The flare,...
Ancient DNA reveals a 40,000-year story of human–Denisovan interbreeding across Eurasia
New genetic research has shed fresh light on one of the most mysterious chapters in human evolution—the relationship between modern humans and Denisovans, an...
Ancient stone tools from Kenya reveal a turning point in human evolution
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have uncovered one of the oldest and longest-lasting collections of stone tools ever found—evidence that early humans had already...
Can AI chatbots save you from a mental health crisis?
Imagine someone sitting alone late at night, feeling hopeless and thinking about ending their life.
Instead of calling a friend or a helpline, they open...
Ancient parasite that attacked shellfish 480 million years ago still infects oysters today
A new study has revealed that a parasite still plaguing oysters today has been around for nearly half a billion years—making it one of...
Next-generation wound care uses light and electricity to help the body heal itself
Scientists at National Taiwan University have found a promising new way to help chronic wounds heal faster and with fewer scars—by guiding the body’s...
Dark matter obeys gravity just like ordinary matter, scientists discover
For decades, scientists have been trying to understand dark matter—the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up about 85% of all matter in the universe.
It...
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Scientists find new way to extract lithium from contaminated water
Anyone using a cellphone, laptop or electric vehicle depends on lithium.
The element is in tremendous demand.
And although the supply of lithium around the world...
Scientists develop scalable method for ‘wonder material’ to capture and convert carbon dioxide
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have made a significant breakthrough with a material known as MOF-525, a...
Scientists discover hidden electron highways beneath the Earth
Beneath the ground, a hidden electrical world powers the chemistry that shapes ecosystems, controls water quality, and determines the fate of pollutants.
A new review...
We can’t see the first stars yet, but we can see their direct descendants
If you take a Universe worth of hydrogen and helium, and let it stew for about 13 billion years, you get us.
We are the...
NASA’s Webb telescope unravels the mystery of a dying star
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has given us a new, detailed look at the Ring Nebula, a dying star's colorful farewell 2,200 light-years away...