Scientists are closing in on the Universe’s biggest mystery
Scientists have learned a great deal about the universe, yet that knowledge represents only a small fraction of the full picture. Roughly 95% of the cosmos is made up of…
Scientists find a safer way for opioids to relieve pain
Scientists at USF Health are making major progress in understanding how new opioid compounds interact with the body to relieve pain. Their work is raising optimism that future pain medications…
Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of salt that can think
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever created. These microscopic machines can swim through liquid, sense their…
A legendary fossil is forcing scientists to rethink human origins
An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the most complete early human fossils has…
China’s “artificial sun” just broke a fusion limit scientists thought was unbreakable
Scientists working with China’s fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have successfully reached a long-theorized “density-free regime” in fusion plasma experiments. In this state, the plasma remains stable even…
Scientists found a way to help aging guts heal themselves
Many people notice that certain foods become harder to tolerate with age. One possible reason is damage to the intestinal epithelium, a thin, single layer of cells that lines the…
Scientists replayed evolution and found a surprise
All living things must survive in environments that are constantly changing. Seasons shift from summer to winter, and weather patterns can swing from floods one year to drought the next.…
Scientists found a dangerous feedback loop accelerating Arctic warming
Earth’s climate is shifting worldwide, but the fastest changes are happening near the poles. New research from Penn State offers a detailed look at how chemical reactions in the Arctic…
MIT scientists find a way to rejuvenate the immune system as we age
As people get older, the immune system often becomes less effective. Populations of T cells shrink, and the remaining cells may respond more slowly to germs. That slowdown can leave…
Stanford scientists uncover why mRNA COVID vaccines can trigger heart inflammation
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have identified the biological steps that explain how mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can, in rare cases, lead to heart inflammation in some adolescent and young adult males.…