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This breakthrough could finally unlock male birth control

Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a molecular "switch" that boosts sperm energy just before they attempt to fertilize…

4 weeks ago

New graphene breakthrough supercharges energy storage

Engineers have achieved a significant advance in the international effort to create energy storage technologies that combine rapid charging with…

3 months ago

Breakthrough cancer therapy stops tumor growth without harming healthy cells

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics have discovered chemical compounds that can precisely prevent the cancer-driving gene…

5 months ago

Johns Hopkins breakthrough could make microchips smaller than ever

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller,…

6 months ago

The next Ozempic: A 4-in-1 breakthrough for lasting weight loss

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are used by over 15 million adults in the U.S., or 4.5% of…

6 months ago

Scientists reveal breakthrough blood pressure treatment that works when others fail

A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking…

7 months ago

Breakthrough lung cancer treatment supercharges immune cells with mitochondria

While chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment, it often weakens the immune system it relies on for long-term…

7 months ago

Building electronics that don’t die: Columbia’s breakthrough at CERN

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is tough on electronics. Situated inside a 17-mile-long tunnel that runs in a circle under…

8 months ago

This magnetic breakthrough could make AI 10x more efficient

The rapid rise in AI applications has placed increasingly heavy demands on our energy infrastructure. All the more reason to…

8 months ago

Breakthrough battery lets physicists reverse entanglement—and rewrite quantum law

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team…

8 months ago