Childhood trauma is a serious issue that affects millions of people around the world. Traumatic events such as abuse, neglect, violence, or loss can have lasting...
UK Biobank releases world’s largest genetic data set for health research
UK Biobank, a biomedical database that contains extensive information from half a million volunteers, has announced the release of new data from whole genome sequencing...
How birds understand each other’s warning calls across continents
Birds are known to use vocalizations to warn their fellow birds of nearby danger. But what if the birds hearing the warning are from a...
A New Liquid Fuel That Only Burns With Electricity
Scientists have developed a new type of liquid fuel that is non-flammable and can be ignited only by applying an electric current. This novel fuel...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful and complex space observatory ever built, has revealed a surprising discovery: rocky planets can form in the...
A New Technique to Correct Both Polarization and Phase Aberrations in Optical Systems
Optical systems, such as microscopes, telescopes, and lasers, often suffer from aberrations that distort the quality and information of the light field. These aberrations can...
Bacterial Teamwork: How Microbes Cooperate and Share Resources Across Generations
Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered how bacteria cooperate and share resources across generations, using a newly developed method that tracks gene expression...
US to send first woman and first person of color to the moon in 2023
The US space agency NASA has announced that it will send the first woman and the first person of color to the moon in 2023,...
New Nikon Scanning Confocal Microscope to Revolutionize Light Microscopy Research
Nikon, a leading manufacturer of optical instruments, has announced the release of its next generation confocal microscope series, AX and AX R, which features a...
New Jersey Aims to Ban Gas Car Sales by 2035
New Jersey has announced its plan to phase out the sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, following the footsteps of California and other states....
SpaceX Starship rocket suffers another explosion on test flight
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket, which is designed to eventually carry humans and cargo to the Moon and Mars, exploded for the second time during a...
Earth’s Temperature Spikes Above 1.5°C for the First Time
The Earth has reached a grim milestone in its fight against climate change. According to the latest report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there...
Oxfam Report Exposes Carbon Inequality Between Rich and Poor
A new report by Oxfam International and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has revealed the shocking gap in carbon emissions between the richest and the...
Kiwi cafés sizzle with success on meat-free mondays, cooking up environmental change
A growing number of cafés and restaurants in New Zealand are joining the global Meat Free Monday movement, which encourages people to reduce their meat...
Avian influenza A H5N1 virus poses a serious threat to wildlife in the U.S., study warns
A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the avian influenza A H5N1 virus, which has caused outbreaks in poultry and sporadic...
Sunlight-powered soft robots can move autonomously and sustainably
Scientists have developed a new type of soft robot that can move and change shape in response to sunlight, without the need for batteries or...