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Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
Specialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Allan Albig, Boise…
How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector?
Monster Ztudio/Shutterstock Magda Osman, University of Leeds In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content…
We built a tiny electronic nose that can beat a mouse at its own game
Abudzaky / Shutterstock Nik Dennler, Western Sydney University Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air…
Is your car a threat to national security? It can be – regardless of where it’s made
AlinStock/Shutterstock Dennis B. Desmond, University of the Sunshine Coast In April, US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to…
CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
Mustafa Aksoy, University at Albany, State University of New York Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball,…
Rising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life
Steam billows from two cooling towers serving Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 2005.…
Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months – here’s what our investigation found in East Palestine
A black plume of smoke spreads out from burning railcars. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue…
Ancient human DNA from a South African rock shelter sheds light on 10,000 years of history
Victoria Gibbon, University of Cape Town; Joscha Gretzinger, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Stephan Schiffels, Max…
Methane emissions from dairy farms higher than previously thought – new study
To reach net zero by 2050, the UK must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and methane emissions…
Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago
Limestone pinnacles of the Nambung National Park karst. Matej Lipar Almost one-sixth of Earth’s land surface is covered…