A customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat has now…
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Primates facing ‘extinction crisis’
Primates are facing an extinction crisis, according to researchers who have found that 60% of…
Prehistoric mega-lake sediment offers key insight into how inland regions responded to ‘super-greenhouse’ event
Sediment found at the site of one of the largest lakes in Earth’s history could…
Novel mechanism identified that protects pancreas from digestive enzymes
Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which the stress hormone FGF21 keeps digestive enzymes from…
Magnetic recording with light and no heat
A strong short light pulse can record data on a magnetic layer of yttrium iron…
A toolkit for transformable materials
Researchers have developed a general framework to design reconfigurable metamaterials. The design strategy is scale…
‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend…
International effort announced to try to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal
An ambitious, emergency plan to help save the vaquita porpoise from extinction in the northern…
Toxic brain cells may drive many neurodegenerative disorders, study finds
While most of us haven’t heard of astrocytes, these cells are four times as plentiful…
Traffic jam in empty space
An important step towards a completely new experimental access to quantum physics has been made…