Platform for scalable testing of autonomous vehicle safety
In the race to manufacture autonomous vehicles (AVs), safety is crucial yet sometimes overlooked as exemplified by recent headline-making accidents. Researchers are using artificial...
Brown and white body fat speak different languages
Most adults have two types of body fat: white and brown. New research has shown that the two types of fat secrete different sets...
One step toward using insulating antiferromagnetic materials in future computers
Physicists have demonstrated how information can be written and read electrically in insulating antiferromagnetic materials.
Study casts doubt on carbon capture
Current approaches to carbon capture can increase air pollution and are not efficient at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, according to new research.
Electrospun fibers weave new medical innovations
Scientist are developing new applications for a fabrication process called coaxial electrospinning, which combines two or more materials into a fine fiber for use...
Birds do not habituate to traffic noise
Noise pollution is one of the leading environmental health risks in humans. In zebra finches, noise affects their health and the growth of their...
First in-depth study of marine fungi and their cell-division cycles
A first deep dive into the diversity of marine fungi and their cell division cycles has revealed unusual cell cycles, cell division patterns, and...
Tuberculous infection is not life-long in most people
A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis.
Nerve cell protection free from side effects
The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known doping substance that has a history of abuse in endurance sports. In addition to promoting red blood...
Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
On Antarctica, meltwater ponds riddle a kilometer-thick, 10,000-year-old ice shelf, which shatters just weeks later. The collapse shocks scientists and unleashes the glacier behind...
