A review of more than 130 studies explains how sleep helps people learn new information and plays an important role in storing learned content for future use. The... more

The process of building a tiny cube has revealed some of the fundamental mysteries of how molecules bind together in natural environments. Researchers hope to apply this knowledge... more

ESA’s short film, The Burn, takes us into the heart of Europe’s mission control during a critical moment in the life of a future mission. more

Findings on ice retreat across the global tropics clarifies how the low latitudes transformed during the end of... more

3D bioprinting is a highly-advanced manufacturing platform that allows for the printing of tissue, and eventually vital organs, from cells. This could... more

An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath have made drug-like molecules inspired by a chemical found in a tropical flower,... more

Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that "penny-pinching" evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than... more

What if engineers could design a better jet with mathematical equations that drastically reduce the need for experimental testing? Or what if... more

Edith Cowan University researchers have found that a chronic disease affecting up to 80 per cent of overweight people may be causing an iron... more

A new report, "Climate, Nature and our 1.5°C Future" published today clearly points towards nature being part of the solution to the climate crisis. more

A DNA site has been bought by a forensic genomics firm, prompting discussion over future use of genetic data in solving crime. more

An in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research. more

Managing future wildfire risk requires an interface between human decision processes and knowledge about climate trends related to fire, as well as humans' abilities to anticipate wildfire potential and mitigation... more

Mud cores show how Arctic plants responded to past climate shifts more

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have described a system present in a species of opportunistic bacterium found in hospital environments that injects a cocktail of toxins into competing bacteria... more

Physicists have imaged electrons flowing viscously through a nanodevice, just like water flowing through a pipe. Long predicted but only now visualized for the first time, this curious new behavior for electrons has important implications for... more

Graphene, a two-dimensional structure made of carbon, is a material with excellent mechanical, electronic and optical properties. However, it did not seem suitable for magnetic applications. Researchers have now succeeded in synthesizing a unique nanographene predicted... more

Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through a nanodevice, just like water flowing through a pipe. Long predicted but only... more

Graphene, a two-dimensional structure made of carbon, is a material with excellent mechanical, electronic and optical properties. However, it did not seem suitable for magnetic applications. Together with international partners, Empa researchers have now succeeded in... more

Researchers came up with a unique method for measuring the electric potential distribution across a ferroelectric capacitor - the device underlying the memory of the future, which would be orders of magnitude faster than... more

Researchers have succeeded in synthesizing a unique nanographene predicted in the 1970s, which conclusively demonstrates that carbon in very specific forms has magnetic properties that could permit future spintronic applications. more

A deadly superbug that infects an estimated 54,500 Americans a year has a secret weapon, a protein, that allows it to defy antibiotic treatment and immune system attacks. However, the secret is out now... more

A new study seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States - pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely... more

Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet's 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the first time, they ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent... more

A new study by scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the University of Bristol and flood analytics company Fathom, seeks to answer an important question related... more