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Lily pad sensors can be used for the electrochemical detection of biological analytes, here a DNA single strand. Credit: Byoung-jin Jeon et al Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that could lead to…
Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation of Life Claire Laurier Decoteau Univ. Chicago Press (2025) In May 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In response, US…
Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a new study has shown, overturning a 45-year-old belief about cancer in the animal kingdom. The research, conducted by researchers from…
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In this handout image courtesy of Greg Blee, debris from the SpaceX Starship is seen in the sky near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos on January 16, 2025. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship…
Babita Paudel travels Nepal to collect soil samples in high-altitude regions such as Annapurna and to run workshops for female scientists’ professional development.Credit: Rajaram Khang Changemakers This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and who champion…
An international team from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Wuhan University and other institutions published a research paper titled “Underlying rules of evolutionary urban systems in Africa” in leading international research journal Nature Cities. From the perspective of complex…
Humans have navigated the open oceans for thousands of years, but new evidence indicates communities in Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Philippines set sail aboard advanced boats as much as 40,000 years ago. The archeological finds, comparable to technology…
At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these enigmas, we take what we know about space, time, gravity and quantum mechanics and apply it…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Israeli astronomers report the detection of a new Jupiter-like exoplanet using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). The newfound alien world orbits a nearby M-dwarf star designated GJ 2126. The discovery was announced in…
