Study: Wireless aquatic robot could clean water and transport cells
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology developed a tiny plastic robot, made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism....
Study: ‘Nanocage’ tool untangles (molecular) spaghetti
A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool -- they call it a "nanocage" -- that can catch...
Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole
Scientists at Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) have developed a new method to find black holes in the outer solar system,...
Study: Care for cats? So did people along the Silk Road more than 1,000...
Common domestic cats, as we know them today, might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago. This has been indicated...
Scientists design artificial genes to sense cellular responses to drugs
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and implemented a new way to better understand how human cells communicate with each...
Study: To find giant black holes, start with Jupiter
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye...
Study: The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation
The molecular gas in galaxies is organised into a hierarchy of structures. The molecular material in giant molecular gas clouds travels along intricate networks...
Study: A tiny ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs discovered
Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a newly described species from Madagascar that lived around 237 million years...
Study: Age-related impairments reversed in animal model
Frailty and immune decline are two main features of old age. Researchers from the University of Bern and the University Hospital Bern now demonstrate...
Study: Scientific ‘red flag’ reveals new clues about our galaxy
Figuring out how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way -- a discovery reported in the July 3 edition of the journal...