Does spaceflight increase men’s risk of erectile dysfunction?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain During missions into space, astronauts are exposed to high levels of galactic cosmic radiation and weightlessness. Simulation experiments in male rats indicated that these aspects of…

Obesity may not be the only factor to link ultra-processed foods to higher risk of mouth, throat and esophagus cancers

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be associated with a higher risk of developing cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (including the mouth, throat and esophagus),…

Divers recover obsidian cores from Neolithic shipwreck

Underwater archaeologists from the Superintendency of the Metropolitan Area of Naples have recovered obsidian cores from the remains of a Neolithic shipwreck off the coast of Capri. The wreck was…

‘Ineffable cryptography’ to protect critical infrastructure from cyber attacks

Credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Australia’s critical infrastructure—including ports, energy grids and water supplies—reported 143 cyber attacks over the past year, up from 95 incidents the year before. In response…

Using human stem cells to model a severe epilepsy syndrome and identify a potential targeted treatment

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mutations in the SCN3A gene cause a spectrum of neurological conditions collectively referred to as SCN3A-related neurodevelopmental disorders, which includes different types of epilepsy and brain…

How about a customized soap or shampoo created using AI?

SINTEF has played a key role in the development of a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), or “mini-factory,” in collaboration with the company Cody AS, based in Skien. Credit: SINTEF Researchers…

A radically new view on dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way

Dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC Commonly thought to be long-lived satellites of our galaxy, a new study now finds indications that most dwarf galaxies might, in fact,…

A framework for controlling the nature of nonlinearities

The first embryos from a mammal have now been grown in space

Saima Iqbal is the fall 2023 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, where she studied the history of medicine, conducted research on…

Researchers achieve zero-knowledge proof based on device-independent quantum random number beacon