Science and Technology
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating...
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample
NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future...
Researchers develop novel method for glucagon delivery
For children with Type 1 diabetes, the risk of experiencing a severe hypoglycemic episode is especially common—and for parents, the...
Ecologists develop a theory about how plants ‘pay’ their microbes
Combining economics, psychology and studies of fertilizer application, researchers find that plants nearly follow an “equal pay for equal work”...
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen to push development banks to step up climate financing effort
VENICE (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday signaled she will push multilateral development banks further away from fossil...
Scientists Identify Specific Human Brain Circuit for Spirituality
Using datasets from neurosurgical patients and those with brain lesions, investigators mapped lesion locations associated with spiritual and religious belief...
Stem cells can use same method as plants and insects to protect against viruses
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a vital mechanism, previously thought to have disappeared as mammals evolved, that...
Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves
Scientists can now process months’ worth of gravitational wave data in minutes. When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015...
Hunting Dark Energy with Gravity Resonance Spectroscopy
A highly sophisticated technique enables researchers to search for minuscule anomalies in the quantum state transitions of neutrons, which could...
The mystery of heavy elements in galactic cosmic rays
Scientists have used data from the Southwest Research Institute-led Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to explain the presence of energetic heavy...