Category Science & Discovery

Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with the remains of 15 individuals recovered from an archeological…

Researchers turned to glass beads to produce an environmentally compatible, sustained-release fertilizer. Credit: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2025, DOI: 10.1021 Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world’s population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use…

This time five years ago, the virus that causes COVID-19 was spreading around the globe unchecked. One of the biggest questions that remains is: where did it come from? Today, mounting evidence from more than a dozen studies point to…

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. “We’ve figured out a way for robots to behave more like a…

Power strips aren’t meant to last forever. Even a little bit of damage can cause them to fail catastrophically, and they can take your precious electronics out with them. Right now, you can get an Anker Flat Plug power strip…

Professor Dan Zahavi. Credit: University of Copenhagen Comedian Groucho Marx famously once said that he did not wish to be a member of any club that would accept his membership. Marx’ comment, joking aside, highlights a key aspect of the…

Credit: David Parkins In the United States, healthy people are routinely screened for signs of a handful of cancers — women entering middle age should schedule a routine mammogram to check for breast cancer, for example. Unfortunately, this kind of…

Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a fully biobased hair conditioner using lignin gel emulsions, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional haircare products. Hair conditioners typically contain 20-30 ingredients, many derived from petroleum and oleochemicals, raising concerns…

The new Guinness World Record holder for the smallest hand-made sculpture is so miniscule that you can’t even see it with the naked eye. Completed late last year and confirmed this week in a Guinness press announcement, micro-artist David Lindon…

Flexible MUT background. Credit: Microsystems & Nanoengineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00783-5 A new review article unveils the world of flexible micromachined ultrasound transducers (MUTs), an emerging technology at the intersection of wearables, ultrasound, and MEMS. These cutting-edge devices, which include both…