Summary: New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function. Using a genome-wide epigenetic analysis, scientists identified four key methylation sites—ATE1, SERPINB9P1,…
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The vulnerabilities that drive prolonged outages during extreme weather events and how to reduce disruptions
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, winter storms, and tornadoes, have become a major cause of large-scale electric power outages in recent years, causing billions of…
Why Your Brain and Mine Agree on What We See
Summary: A new study reveals how uniquely wired human brains can perceive the world in strikingly similar ways. Researchers recorded live neural activity in epilepsy patients and found that while…
‘Metabots’ shapeshift from flat sheets into hundreds of structures
Researchers have created a class of robots made from thin sheets of material connected into sheets that can snap into any of hundreds of stable shapes, allowing them to execute…
Feeling the Music: Touch Amplifies Emotional Power of Sound
Summary: A new study shows that combining touch with hearing profoundly intensifies emotional responses to music. Using a custom-built device that transforms sound into tactile vibrations, researchers found that people…
Low-power MoS₂-based microwave transmitter could advance communications
Optical photograph of 2D phased array transmitters fabricated on a four-inch monolayer MoS2 wafer. The wafer contains a total of 30 2D transmitters. Credit: Wu et al. (Nature Electronics, 2025).…
Robot ‘backpack’ drone launches, drives and flies to tackle emergencies
Credit: California Institute of Technology Introducing X1: The world’s first multirobot system that integrates a humanoid robot with a transforming drone that can launch off the humanoid’s back, and later,…
Laser-tuned polymer surface switches between cooling and heating modes without consuming electricity
(Left) Conceptual diagram of single-material-based processing technology using laser processing (Center) Schematic illustrating the radiative cooling or solar heating functionality of the processed material (Right) Actual photos and SEM images…
