Category Science & Discovery

An electron micrograph shows nanometer-thick kirigami structures that highlight the advantages of using rippled metamaterials as structural films. The incorporation of rippled metamaterials allows for enhanced control over the final three-dimensional architecture. Image Credit: Jian Zhou. When materials are created…

Project 2025 is a 900-plus-page playbook aimed at conservative policymakers.Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters Indiscriminate firings. Terminated grants. Cancelled programmes. The barrage of actions by US President Donald Trump has shocked the country’s research community over the past two months. Yet, much…

Homer’s The Iliad recounts one of history’s greatest legendary epics. It also describes a round of drinks shared by the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus. “Hephaestus spoke, then stood up, passed a double goblet across to his dear mother……

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that the critically endangered regent honeyeater faces hidden genetic risks while still retaining relatively high genetic diversity, risks that become apparent when combining genomic data across time with ecological modeling. As global…

An AlphaFold 3 model of a common cold spike protein (blue) interacting with antibodies (green).Credit: Google DeepMind AlphaFold, the revolutionary, Nobel prize-winning tool for predicting protein structures, has a problem: it’s running low on data. The latest version of the…

Calling all Apple maniacs! Do you remember the glory days? Otherwise known as the time when MacBook prices wouldn’t max out your credit card … and when those laptops came with features like the Touch Bar? Those days might feel…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation report, based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s consumer price index (CPI), on March 12. The monthly report tells consumers how much more expensive goods…

EM sample preparation Sample preparation was performed using previously described methods8,62, which are similar to those described in a study of the male adult nerve cord (MANC) VNC EM volume63. Five-day-old adult Drosophila melanogaster males from a cross between Canton…

Glass is a vital component to construction projects, but it’s also one of the most environmentally troublesome. It isn’t naturally biodegradable, often difficult to recycle, and sometimes more harmful to the environment than plastic. Experts have spent years experimenting with…

Cost estimates of infrastructure damage by mid- or late century caused by projected warming and thawing permafrost compared to the annual national averaged climate and weather disaster price tag. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02191-7 In the Arctic,…