A construction project in Cnoc Ard (Knockaird) on the Isle of Lewis has revealed a stone-built underground chamber, later identified by archaeologists as a Late Iron Age souterrain. Souterrain, derived…
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‘Zombie’ skin cells may be harmful or helpful, depending on their shapes
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red. Credit: Jude Phillip, Johns Hopkins University Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their…
Trump backs Canadian deep-sea mining, risking international clash
President Donald Trump’s move on Thursday to kickstart deep-sea mining could be a lifeline for the Canadian company that is pushing to be the first to supply strategic minerals from the ocean floor. The…
What to know about processed and ultra-processed food
Amy Fletcher, Pilot Plant manager, and Reid Waterman, third-year food science major, start the ice cream maker in the pilot food processing facility on the UC Davis campus. Store-bought ice…
Medical debt tied to higher likelihood of forgone mental health care
More than one in seven adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, and of these, one in three forwent mental health care in the subsequent year, according to a research…
A dark nebula harboring a nest of newly formed stars
A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam)—one of the most powerful digital…
System turns simple sketches into digital schematics
A practical example of how the drawing language can be used simply to create the desired effects on a material, in this case a tea stand. Credit: 2025 Igarashi et…
In-memory computing overcomes data transfer bottlenecks
A schematic representation of in-memory computing using electrochemical memory devices (ECRAMs) arranged in a cross-point array structure, mimicking the way synapses in the brain process information. When voltage is applied…
