All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning signals to the brain and...

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning signals to the brain and...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile amnesia") and improves...

Indian researchers have discovered that cholesterol, a waxy molecule, can control electron spin, a property crucial for future spintronic devices. By...

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that plants communicate by sending chemical signals through the air?— Melissa Hart, via email Recent research reveals...

In a Nature Communications study, researchers from China have developed an error-aware probabilistic update (EaPU) method that aligns memristor...

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or...

In recent years, electronics engineers have been trying to identify semiconducting materials that could substitute for silicon and enable the further...

In recent years, electronics engineers have been trying to identify semiconducting materials that could substitute for silicon and enable the further...

For more than a hundred years, scientists have puzzled over a simple question: why do natural networks—like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches,...