Scientists have developed a nanopore-based technology capable of detecting single molecules in real time – a major step toward fast, low-cost chemical profiling. Using engineered protein pores, the new approach targets aldehydes by briefly…
Academic entrepreneurs—scientists who found research-based startups while remaining in academia—creatively find cross-fertilizing effects between their academic and entrepreneurial work, helping them to reevaluate and extend their…
The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years, according to a recent study, reports Mongabay India’s Simrin Sirur. Researchers extrapolated the…
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents—and many more are considering following suit.
Walking a few thousand steps daily may help hold off Alzheimer’s for years, a Mass General Brigham study found. Even moderate physical activity slowed both cognitive decline and the buildup of harmful tau proteins in the brain. The researchers…
Magnetic deposits laid down during the Ediacaran Period, 630 million years ago to 541 million years ago, are not inexplicable fluctuations, some researchers argue. Instead, there is a pattern encoded in the rocks of Morocco’s Anti-Atlas…
A team of UC Riverside researchers has uncovered a potential breakthrough in solar desalination that could reduce the need for energy-intensive saltwater treatment.
What do we do when the worst impacts of climate change take hold? In this excerpt from “Sink or Swim: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate” (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2025), author Susannah Fisher, who leads an international research…
It’s a crisp, fall day in mid-November, and though your calendar is filled with…
