Controlling triple quantum dots in a zinc oxide semiconductor

SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development

About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries…

Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.…

Intra-regional brain dynamics linked to person-specific characteristics

Research framework. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02332-0 People can think, behave and function very differently. These observed differences are known to be the result of complex interactions between…

Nature-inspired navigation system helps robots traverse complex environments without GPS

How science figured out how to contain peanut allergies

It turned out that the guidance parents and pediatricians … had been following, to avoid giving peanuts to babies and young children to try to prevent the development of dangerous…

Discontinuation of ADHD medication more common in children with underweight

Credit: Caleb Oquendo from Pexels Methylphenidate helps the brain to regulate focus and impulse control. It is the most commonly used medicine for ADHD and is the active substance in…

When space junk comes home

Deployment of Starlink Satellites by SpaceX. Credit: SpaceX Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred metal tank, roughly 1.5…

How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher’s skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery…

Rare Particle Pairs Point to Primordial Soup’s Temperature at Different Stages

Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven…