This Could Be The World's Favorite Scent, No Matter Where You Are From
Odors people like or dislike tend to be common across individuals from different cultural backgrounds
Revolutionary DNA Nanotechnology Speeds Up Development of Vaccines by More Than One Million Times
A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than one million times while minimizing costs.
The Dream of Nuclear Fusion Is Now Closer to Reality. Here's Why
Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction.
AI Systems Can Be Wrong and Not Admit It
Artificial intelligence systems are being built to help diagnose diseases, but before we can trust them with life-and-death responsibilities, AI will need to develop a very human trait: Admitting mistakes.
The pleasant smell of wet soil indicates danger to bacteria-eating worms, researchers find
The smell of geosmin is made by certain kinds of bacteria that are known toxin producers
About 19% of COVID-19 Headaches Become Chronic
1/5 of patients presenting with headache during acute COVID-19 developed chronic daily headache
Volcanic Activity Could Be Responsible for Triggering Marsquakes in Cerberus Fossae
Planetary researchers have discovered 47 previously undetected marsquakes, >90% associated with the two previously known events beneath Cerberus Fossae
Can Mushrooms "Talk" to Each Other?
Forest floor-dwelling fungi can send one another electrical signals to form word-like clusters, according to a computer scientist, but whether that represents something akin to language isn’t clear.
Doctors fish out more than a dozen tiny maggots from man’s eye
Here's what happens when sheep bot fly larvae sink their mouth hooks into your eyeball.
'Magnetic anomalies' may be protecting the moon's ice from melting
The moon lost its magnetic field billions of years ago. What are these strange pockets of magnetism on its surface?
Scientists Discover Fish-Like Marine Reptile Buried in Its Own Blubber 150 Million Years Ago
A new study published in PeerJ uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. One complete animal and one tail are the first to preserve outer body shape in the last, large group of ichthyosaurs.
New Cell Type Discovered Deep in Human Lungs – With Regenerative Properties
Findings shine light on underpinnings of COPD, pave new direction for future research on treatments.
Lightning Had Difficulty Forming in Early Earth’s Atmosphere
Lightning could have sparked the beginnings of life, but the primordial atmosphere might have made it more difficult for lightning to initiate.
COVID Can Infect Pacemaker Cells That Maintain the Heart’s Rhythm, Setting Off a Self-Destruction Process
Are COVID-19-linked arrhythmias caused by viral damage to the heart’s pacemaker cells?
MIT Scientists Develop New Regenerative Drug That Reverses Hearing Loss
MIT spinout Frequency Therapeutics’ drug candidate stimulates the growth of hair cells in the inner ear.
A Strange Genetic Link Between Humans And Sea Anemones Was Just Confirmed
A gene linked to the development of hearing in humans has just been linked to sensory development in sea anemones, too.