Infusions of nanoparticles that selectively target certain immune cells show promise in animal tests for clearing out arterial plaques. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Oct 14 – Sticky plaques building up on the walls of your blood vessels can lead to heart attacks …
A new gene therapy uses magnetic fields to switch brain circuits on and off. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Oct 13 – Researchers have developed a gene therapy technology that uses magnetic fields to switch groups of neurons on and off, controlling brain …
The rearing granite bulk of the fortress village of Galisteo appears on the horizon at the end of the author’s walk. Photograph: Hemis/Alamy – Spain holidays The Via de la Plata is one of Spain’s toughest pilgrim routes, weaving through a landscape of …
Part of ‘The Baptism of Ixtlilxóchitl of Texcoco,’ painted by José Vivar y Valderrama in the 18th century. Museo Nacional de Historia via Wikimedia Commons – By Diego Javier Luís, Assistant Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University Published: 2024 Oct 02 – Across the …
Entitled “The Demolition Squad,” this striking image by Germany’s Ingo Arndt shows a red wood ant doing its part to help dismember a blue ground beetle. Ingo Arndt Photography View 13 Images – By Michael Franco 2024 Oct 10 – For the 60th year …
The handheld gadget spots drought stress before crops become visibly wilted, like these parched pumpkin plants. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Oct 09 – It’s always best if farmers can detect drought stress before crop plants become wilted, weakened and lower-yielding. An experimental …
Rendering of what a watery Mars may have looked like. NASA – By David Szondy 2024 Oct 08 – Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover collected on Mars is shedding new light on how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past due to …
The hole-digging, seed-bomb-depositing, Plantolin pangolin-inspired robot. University of Surrey – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Oct 05 – Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they’re at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is …
The shape, color and texture of your tongue can offer valuable insights into your wellbeing, experts say. Generally speaking, a tongue’s color will fall somewhere between a pale pink and dark red, with a thin, white-ish layer of keratin on top. Photograph: 4FR/Getty …
Astro Landscape Runner-Up: Troy Casswell – “Bald Rock Panorama.” Casswell’s innovative use of UV light brought out the rock formations and Milky Way in an impressive blend of technique and creativity. Troy Casswell View 12 Images – By Michael Irving 2024 Oct 05 – …
An artist’s impression of the NASA research plane flying over thunderstorm systems to detect gamma ray emissions. NASA/ALOFT team – By Michael Irving 2024 Oct 03 – Thor and the Hulk may be more closely related than we thought. Thunderstorms are known to produce …
An illustration of K’awiil, the Maya god of storm, on pottery. K2970 from the Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., CC BY-SA – By James L. Fitzsimmons, Professor of Anthropology, Middlebury Published: 2024 Oct 03 – The ancient …
This shows how the I-Xray software works, from capturing the image to aggregating the data. AnhPhu Nguyen – By Joe Salas 2024 Oct 02 – In what might be described as a real-life Black Mirror episode, a Harvard student uses facial recognition with $379 …
Steam billows from two cooling towers serving Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 2005. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster – By Todd Allen, Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan Published: 2024 Sep 27 – Constellation, an energy …
A patient has been functionally cured of type 1 diabetes with a new stem cell therapy. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Sep 30 – A patient with type 1 diabetes has been functionally cured of the disease, requiring no insulin doses for over …
Today’s AI models, pictured here using generative tools, are infants – and their understanding of truth is being held back by the human thinking and language they’re trained on. – By Loz Blain 2024 Sep 29 – AIs have a big problem with truth and …
Prenatal supplements are not the insurance plan that many doctors believe them to be. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images – By Mary Scourboutakos, Family Medicine Resident and Nutrition Expert, Eastern Virginia Medical School Published: 2024 Jun 03, Updated: 2024 Jun 04 – If …
Nearly 60% of respondents to one medical school survey said they received no nutritional education at all. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images – By Nathaniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of North Dakota and by Madeline Comeau, Medical …
Scientists have finally discovered just how static electricity works – and cats are particularly good at creating it. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Sep 26 – Incredibly, for the first time, scientists have unraveled the mechanisms at play when rubbing a surface creates …
Once squirted into the nose, the spray forms a gel (blue) that traps and neutralizes microbes. Randal McKenzie, McKenzie Illustrations – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Sep 25 – Nobody wants to get a respiratory infection such as COVID-19 or the flu, but vaccines aren’t …
Changing the position of defibrillator pads could improve survival rates after a cardiac arrest. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Sep 24 – Placing defibrillator pads on the chest and back, rather than the usual method of putting two on the chest, increases the …
Researchers have found a link between the gut microbiome and aggression. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Sep 23 – Gut bacteria that have been disrupted in infancy can lead to greater aggression later in life, including causing changes to aggression-related genes, according to …
An artist’s impression of the gigantic black hole jets, nicknamed Porphyrion E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei – By Michael Irving 2024 Sep 19 – Astronomers have spotted an absolutely colossal cosmic chimney that stretches as far as 140 Milky …
This view of water droplets evaporating from a butterfly’s wing won second place in the competition. Jay McClellan – By Michael Franco 2024 Sep 21 – From a baby tardigrade riding a nematode, to water droplets evaporating from the wing scales of a peacock …
Heavenly Pets Crematorium in Thornaby said Ted’s return was ‘bittersweet’. Photograph: Peter Barron/Newsquest – Beloved pet Ted reunited with grieving North Yorkshire family after drowning mixup – Jamie Grierson 2024 Sep 06 – The myth of cats having nine lives was tested to …
The ministry of justice has added 55 Indigenous organizations to a list of terrorists and extremists, leading many to leave for Nordic countries. Andrei Danilov, a representative of the Sami People from the Kola peninsula, 53, lives in a refugee camp in northern …
Red wine and berries are rich in flavonoids, which researchers say should be increased in the diets of people particularly at risk of age-related chronic diseases. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Sep 18 – Consuming foods and drinks particularly high in flavonoids – such …
Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA– By Peter A Noble, Adjunct Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and by Alex Pozhitkov, Senior Technical Lead of Bioinformatics, Irell …
Big ideas lead to … some genuinely absurd science research, celebrated by the Ig Nobel Prize. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Sep 16 – From 350,757 coin flips to prove probability to assessing the swimming abilities of dead trout, the winners of the …
The pioneer has a top speed of 200 kmph. Matt Ben Stone – By Utkarsh Sood 2024 Sep 15 – The Pioneer 25 marks a momentous step in the world of motorsports as it passed the mandatory FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) crash tests. …
A hydraulic fracturing drill rig near Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, in 2012. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA – Fracking – Explainer – Thanks to hydraulic fracturing, record amounts of oil and gas have been produced in the US in the past six years – Dharna Noor …
When the mom, dad or both parents drink, the health risks of alcohol extends to their future offspring. Robert Daly/OJO Images via Getty Images – By Michael Golding, Professor of Physiology, Texas A&M University Published: 2024 Aug 28 – The conditions within a person’s …
Leaving the Dragon capsule. SpaceX – By David Szondy 2024 Sep 12 – The world’s first private spacewalk has been completed. On 2024 Sep 12 at 7:58 am EDT, two of the four-person crew of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Resilience returned after a 106-minute …
The Blaze Barrier in fire-extinguishing action. Blaze Barrier – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Sep 11 – If you live on an acreage, there’s a constant risk that your home may be consumed by a brush fire. That’s where the Blaze Barrier comes in, as …
Cotton and linen dipped in MXene can block 99.9 percent of electromagnetic waves. Drexel University – By Michael Irving 2020 Dec 13 – Researchers at Drexel University have created “Faraday fabrics” that can block almost all electromagnetic waves. The key ingredient is a 2D …
Living microbes that cause disease in humans and host antibiotic-resistance genes carried 1,200 miles. Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea, was among pathogens found in airborne dust particles. Photograph: BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images – Microbiology – Damian Carrington Environment editor Last modified …
An occasional night on the town is fine, but new research says that always staying up late can wreak havoc on your body. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Sep 08 – While being a night owl has a certain cachet, a new study …
Russell M. Nelson, with his wife, Wendy Nelson, looks at the audience after speaking at a devotional in 2019 in Orlando, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images – By Konden Smith Hansen, Lecturer of Religious Studies, University of Arizona Published: 2024 Sep 05 …
An artist’s impression of the polar wind, which is produced by the newly discovered ambipolar electric field. NASA/Conceptual Image Lab/Wes Buchanan/Krystofer Kim – By Michael Irving 2024 Sep 01 – NASA scientists have discovered a third global energy field around Earth. Known as the …
The dye that gives foods, drugs, and cosmetics a lemon yellow color can also make mice transparent, as illustrated in this generative image. – By Michael Franco 2024 Sep 05 – In an effort to enhance the research abilities of biologists, Stanford University researchers …
Infusions of nanoparticles that selectively target certain immune cells show promise in animal tests for clearing out arterial plaques. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Oct 14 – Sticky plaques building up on the walls of your blood vessels can lead to heart attacks …
A new gene therapy uses magnetic fields to switch brain circuits on and off. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Oct 13 – Researchers have developed a gene therapy technology that uses magnetic fields to switch groups of neurons on and off, controlling brain …
The rearing granite bulk of the fortress village of Galisteo appears on the horizon at the end of the author’s walk. Photograph: Hemis/Alamy – Spain holidays The Via de la Plata is one of Spain’s toughest pilgrim routes, weaving through a landscape of …
Part of ‘The Baptism of Ixtlilxóchitl of Texcoco,’ painted by José Vivar y Valderrama in the 18th century. Museo Nacional de Historia via Wikimedia Commons – By Diego Javier Luís, Assistant Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University Published: 2024 Oct 02 – Across the …
Entitled “The Demolition Squad,” this striking image by Germany’s Ingo Arndt shows a red wood ant doing its part to help dismember a blue ground beetle. Ingo Arndt Photography View 13 Images – By Michael Franco 2024 Oct 10 – For the 60th year …
The handheld gadget spots drought stress before crops become visibly wilted, like these parched pumpkin plants. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Oct 09 – It’s always best if farmers can detect drought stress before crop plants become wilted, weakened and lower-yielding. An experimental …
Rendering of what a watery Mars may have looked like. NASA – By David Szondy 2024 Oct 08 – Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover collected on Mars is shedding new light on how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past due to …
The hole-digging, seed-bomb-depositing, Plantolin pangolin-inspired robot. University of Surrey – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Oct 05 – Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they’re at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is …
The shape, color and texture of your tongue can offer valuable insights into your wellbeing, experts say. Generally speaking, a tongue’s color will fall somewhere between a pale pink and dark red, with a thin, white-ish layer of keratin on top. Photograph: 4FR/Getty …
Astro Landscape Runner-Up: Troy Casswell – “Bald Rock Panorama.” Casswell’s innovative use of UV light brought out the rock formations and Milky Way in an impressive blend of technique and creativity. Troy Casswell View 12 Images – By Michael Irving 2024 Oct 05 – …