Some bacteria in your mouth can divide into as many as 14 cells at once
Among the more than 500 species of bacteria that thrive in the human mouth, one seems to play by its […]
A biogeochemist is tracking the movements of toxic mercury pollution
One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at
‘Smart lighting’ might make vertical farming more affordable
Fiddling with the dimmer switch might help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: soaring electricity costs. Growing
By studying the eyes, a researcher explores how the brain sorts information
A cyclist is pedaling down the street. Signs, trees and fire hydrants whip by. As they bike along, their brain
The Large Hadron Collider exposes quarks’ quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement has made its way to the top. Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in top
A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations
As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving
A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change
In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging
This engineer’s light-based computers take inspiration from the brain
Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer, and he’s been fascinated by them since he was
Brain-controlled bionic limbs are inching closer to reality
The word “bionic” conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It’s true that engineering advances such as better
An mRNA vaccine protected mice against deadly intestinal C. difficile bacteria
Clostridioides difficile is a notoriously nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same technology