An international team of plant biologists and geneticists from Germany, the United States, Sweden, and France have found evidence overturning the commonly held assumption that mutations are entirely random across the genome.
The true extent of how successful conservation efforts to protect sea turtle populations along the western coast of Central Africa have been revealed in a new study.
New research uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing – enhancing computing density by several orders over conventional electronic chips.
A new genetic discovery adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid (fat) processing pathways inside brain cells.
Scientists have made a pivotal new breakthrough in the quest to control light to evolve the next generation of quantum sensing and computing.
Men who experience behaviour changes including apathy or having false beliefs and perceptions in later life are at risk of faster cognitive decline than women, according to new research.
New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating regional impacts.
For the first time, an entirely new class of super-reactive chemical compounds has been discovered under atmospheric conditions.
A new study of the hematological (blood cell) traits found in two different populations of isolated villagers in Greece sheds new light on blood disorders, including sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.
Humans have used milk to make cheese for millennia.
College of Engineering researchers have discovered artificial intelligence can accurately identify critical attributes of nuclear materials.
Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process
Rice lab draws on nature to create flexible precursors for drug, materials design
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki under the direction of Docent Taru Meri uncovered a mechanism by which Borrelia bacteria are able to evade human immune defences.
By tracing the steps of liver regrowth, MIT engineers hope to harness the liver’s regenerative abilities to help treat chronic disease.
An anomaly-detection model developed by SMART utilizes machine learning to quickly detect microbial contamination.
Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.
This robotic system uses radio frequency signals, computer vision, and complex reasoning to efficiently find items hidden under a pile.
As the cherished rainforest in South America’s Amazon River region continues to shrink, the river itself now presents evidence of other dangers: the overexploitation of freshwater fish.
When Gloire Rubambiza was installing a digital agriculture system at the Cornell Orchards and greenhouses, he encountered a variety of problems, including connectivity and compatibility issues, and equipment frozen under snow.