Category: Science and Research

Jupiter’s vast, banded clouds have long obscured the true nature of the giant planet beneath, but a new atmospheric model is changing that picture

A materials engineering breakthrough that allows perforated aluminium structures to float indefinitely is prompting fresh thinking about ship safety, offshore platforms and ocean-energy systems,

Bamboo shoots, long treated as a niche ingredient outside parts of East and Southeast Asia, are gaining fresh scientific attention after a comprehensive academic

Evidence emerging from a long-running population study in the UAE is sharpening the focus on the mouth as an early warning site for metabolic

Major powers are expanding sensor investment across land, air, sea, cyber and space as platforms grow faster, stealthier and more autonomous. Aerospace advances such

Scientists have uncovered a previously unseen protein interaction that appears to accelerate Parkinson’s disease by undermining the brain’s energy systems, offering what researchers describe

Scientists have demonstrated a dependable method to generate large numbers of helper T cells from stem cells, removing a long-standing obstacle that has limited

A research team from the University of Tokyo has outlined a new approach to training large language models that aims to curb sensitive data

Towering crocodilians that could rival buses in length once patrolled vast river systems cutting through what is now the Sahara, reshaping scientific understanding of

Astronomers have identified an unusual cosmic object that appears to be a galaxy in name only, composed almost entirely of dark matter and lacking

Boltz has raised $28 million in fresh funding while entering a strategic partnership with Pfizer that underscores the accelerating push by major drugmakers to

Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed an artificial skin that mimics key functions of the human nervous system, marking a

Poor sleep is being tied to measurable acceleration in brain ageing, with new longitudinal and imaging-based research indicating that chronic sleep disruption can add

Stanford researchers have identified a biological pathway that helps explain why mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can, in very rare cases, trigger short-lived heart inflammation in

Storm scientists warn that the world’s oceans are now fuelling hurricanes and typhoons of a strength that strains the limits of existing classification systems,

A century after Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote down his striking formulas for calculating pi, the mathematics behind those expressions is shaping how scientists describe some

Laboratory research has found that two well-known cannabis compounds, cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol, can sharply curb the growth and spread of ovarian cancer cells when

Artificial intelligence is beginning to change how people with upper-limb loss interact with prosthetic technology, with researchers at Newcastle University developing an AI “co-pilot”

A breakthrough in neural engineering is prompting wide debate over how far humans should push the boundaries between biological thought and digital computation. The

Scientists have reported a marked extension of lifespan and physical resilience in extremely old male mice after administering a two-drug combination that targets fundamental

Platform operator Valve has come under sharp criticism for pulling the indie card game Flick Solitaire from its Steam storefront in Russia after authorities

A vast pocket of superheated rock lying far beneath the Appalachian Mountains may trace its roots to the breakup of Greenland from North America

A super-charged solar storm known as the “Gannon event” forced the Earth’s plasmasphere—a doughnut-shaped shell of charged particles that normally envelops the planet—to shrink

A first-of-its-kind facility has begun operations in Fukuoka, Japan, tapping the natural movement of water between freshwater and seawater to generate electricity around the

Scientists have uncovered a promising method for reversing kidney damage, marking a significant step forward in the fight against chronic kidney disease. This breakthrough

A groundbreaking gene-editing treatment could offer a potential cure for high cholesterol, as demonstrated by a small-scale clinical trial unveiled on Saturday. The new

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a previously unrecognised source of oxidative stress in the brain that appears to drive neurodegeneration in disorders

A team of researchers at the Okayama University of Science has unveiled a novel wine grape variety known as Muscat Shiragai, marking a milestone

Researchers from Kobe University have identified a molecular mechanism by which gourds such as pumpkins, squash and zucchini absorb stubborn soil pollutants and concentrate

Scientists at Ohio State University have transformed dehydrated specimens of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes into functioning memristors—electronic components that “remember” past current

A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unveiled traces of Earth’s earliest form, hidden deep within the planet’s

Scientists at the Swiss start-up FinalSpark have succeeded in running rudimentary computations through lab-grown human brain organoids — millimetre-scale clumps of neurons — offering

A breakthrough in solar physics now explains how dense clumps of plasma condense and fall through the Sun’s corona during powerful flares — behaviour

Breaking the long-standing assumption that intense deformation and mixing in metal processing fully randomize atomic arrangements, MIT scientists have demonstrated that metals retain subtle