New bionic skin wound dressing accelerates infected tissue healing
Dressings face a critical limitation: no single product has successfully integrated protective function, wearing comfort, and efficient antibacterial…
Older adults face greater risk of mental health hospitalizations during extreme heatwaves
As the US recovers from its 4 July heatwave, a new study in Nature Health warns of an…
Wearable Tech for Plants Allows Farmers to Track Crop Health
We wear smartwatches to track our steps, sleep, and oxygen levels. Now, researchers at Tufts University are giving…
550-million-year-old fossil may reveal first-ever ‘right-handedness’ in the animal kingdom
Spriggina floundersi was no bigger than a few centimeters, lived on ancient seafloors in what is now South…
PAC-MAN and AI join forces to fight the world’s deadliest infection
Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing 1.23 million people in 2024, according to the…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
Organic molecules can survive violent supernova explosions – fueling star and planet formation
A supernova remnant is supposed to be a rough neighborhood for a newborn star. Shock waves rip through…
New study explains why some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise
Some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise, such as from ventilation systems, heat pumps, wind turbines and…
A cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worlds
The solar system sits inside a vast pocket of hot, thin gas. However, that nearby structure has never…
GLP-1 exposure in pregnancy does not clearly raise major birth defect risk
Large-scale evidence offers cautious reassurance after inadvertent GLP-1 exposure in pregnancy, but unresolved risks and low-certainty data mean…
New microparticles improve biofilm removal from wounds and surgical instruments
Newly developed microparticles can infiltrate stubborn bacterial matrices and release tiny oxygen bubbles to clean surfaces and wounds…
Human brain cells may be far more powerful computers than scientists thought
For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human…