Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, has revealed an expanded range of features for its humanoid robot Digit, aiming to broaden the robot’s market applications in logistics and manufacturing.
The updated capabilities, showcased at the…
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Disrupted Protein Balance: The Surprising Key to Autism Symptoms
Scientists studying mice have uncovered a delicate protein rivalry in the brain that, when thrown off balance, may cause autism-like behaviors. This discovery opens up a potentially powerful new path for autism treatment by targeting how nerve…
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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
Following these tests, the crew attempted to sleep for several hours ahead of their all-important approach and docking with the International Space Station on the flight’s second day. More so even than launch or landing,…
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The newest wildlife crime-fighting superheroes in town (cartoon)
You might think that ‘hero rats’ are the lead characters of a new Pixar movie, but these happen to be actual African Giant Pouched Rats, trained by the organization APOPO. Their prolific portfolios include detection of landmines,…
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Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades K-4)
This article is for students grades K-4.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. He also walked on the moon.
Alan Shepard was born on Nov. 18, 1923. He worked on a ship during World War II….
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Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades 5-8)
This article is for students grades 5-8.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program.
Alan Shepard was born on Nov. 18, 1923. He was born in…
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Study links childhood air pollution exposure to weaker brain connections
A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker…
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Iceberg breaks and reveals ecosystem never seen by humans
An international team of researchers took advantage of a rare chance encounter to explore a massive new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice shelf in the Bellingshausen Sea.
On January 13, 2025, an iceberg named A-84…
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Doubling down on metasurfaces
Apr 01, 2025 Researcher have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.
(Nanowerk News) Almost a decade…
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OpenSNP to delete 7,500 DNA profiles amid government surveillance fears
An open-source genetic database that thrived on community contributions will cease operations next month.
OpenSNP, a project launched 14 years ago, allowed users to share their consumer DNA test results for scientific research.
However,…
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