Researchers found that fruit fly sperm push against one another and align in orderly bundles, preventing knots that could block reproduction.
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How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims
On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about…
Scientists target a key driver of inflammatory responses to curb preterm birth
Front to back: Dr. Eliza McElwee, Dr. Stephen Tomlinson and Devin Hatchell. Credit: Julie Taylor. An MUSC research team reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body’s…
Updated food reactivity tool explains why we eat what we see
Example pair of food and non-food (heart-shaped cake and heart-shaped cardboard storage box). Credit: Martin Binks Close your eyes and visualize the following: a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a…
Super-sensitive sensor detects tiny hydrogen leaks in seconds for safer energy use
Zeng’s lab creates sensors that help protect the health of people and the environment. Credit: Yvonne Groner Researchers at the University of Missouri are working to make hydrogen energy as…
2,000-year-old Roman bridge found in Aegerten
Archaeologists from the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern have uncovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman bridge during excavations near the River Zihl in Aegerten, Switzerland. The discovery…
Quantum emitter discovery in diamonds enables a new type of coupling
An NV-hosting nanodiamond on an AFM tip probes a topological waveguide. Suppressing RCP emission at 710 nm reveals regions supporting chiral modes (fringes in right image). Credit: Carlos Meriles Researchers…
Algorithms that address malicious noise could result in more accurate, dependable quantum computing
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data inherently “noisy.” Rice University computer scientists have developed algorithms that…
Bio-oil made from crop and wood waste could plug orphaned fossil fuel wells
Injecting bio-oil made from corn stalks and forest debris into the deep shafts of abandoned crude oil wells could be a viable form of carbon sequestration, a new Iowa State…
