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An international team of archaeologists co-led by researchers from UCL has uncovered the remains of a vast Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe. More than 3,500 years ago, this site likely served as a key regional center for large-scale bronze production, making it one of the most important industrial…
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have demonstrated that the experimental TOR inhibitor rapalink-1 can extend the chronological lifespan of fission yeast, a simple organism widely used to explore basic biological processes. A study published in Communications Biology by Juhi Kumar, Kristal Ng…
People who frequently include foods and beverages rich in polyphenols, such as tea, coffee, berries, cocoa, nuts, whole grains and olive oil, may experience better heart health over time. A team from King’s College London reported that individuals who followed dietary patterns high in polyphenols had lower predicted cardiovascular disease…
A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a structural engineer based in the United States have created a computational form-finding method that could reshape how architects and engineers design large, lightweight structures. Their approach is particularly valuable for developing gridshells, which are curved, thin surfaces formed from an interlinked…
People with reduced kidney function tend to show higher levels of Alzheimer’s biomarkers in their blood, even though their overall risk of dementia does not increase. This finding comes from research published December 3, 2025, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study did not…
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have created an experimental medication that can help repair damaged DNA. The drug, called TY1, represents an early example of a new group of treatments aimed at restoring tissue harmed by heart attacks, inflammatory disorders or other medical conditions. Researchers explained how TY1 works in a paper…
As global demand for energy continues to rise, researchers, industry leaders, governments, and other stakeholders are working together to explore new ways of producing power. This effort has become even more urgent as the world confronts the climate crisis and looks for alternatives to fossil fuels. One technology attracting significant…
Scientists from the University of Warwick and the National Research Council of Canada have reported the highest “hole mobility” ever measured in a material that works within today’s silicon-based semiconductor manufacturing. Silicon (Si) forms the foundation of most modern semiconductor devices, but as components shrink and are packed closer together,…
People living with anxiety disorders tend to have reduced amounts of choline in their brains, according to new findings from UC Davis Health. Researchers reported the results in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, part of the Nature publishing group. The team reviewed 25 previous studies and compared neurometabolite levels, which are…
Drinking up to 3-4 cups of coffee a day may help slow the biological aging process in people living with severe mental illness. The research suggests this amount of coffee is linked to longer telomeres, which are indicators of cellular aging, and may provide the equivalent of 5 extra biological…
Sometimes, having less oxygen truly makes a difference. By lowering oxygen levels during synthesis, a group of materials scientists at Penn State succeeded in creating seven previously unknown high-entropy oxides, or HEOs. These ceramics contain five or more metals and are being explored for uses in energy storage, electronic devices…
To study the moments when the planet crossed over starspots, researchers relied on the multicolor MuSCAT3 and MuSCAT4 instruments installed on the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) 2-meter telescopes. During February and March 2024, they recorded three separate transits and clearly identified signals produced by the planet passing over these dark…
The Hadean Eon, which stretched from 4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago, represents one of the least understood periods in Earth’s past. This era opened with the birth of the planet and was quickly followed by a dramatic collision with a Mars-sized object. The impact produced the Moon and left…
Scientists from NOAA and NASA report that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is the fifth smallest seen since 1992, the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals, began to take effect. During the peak of the 2025 ozone depletion season, from September…
Researchers led by Tzyy-Nan Huang and Ming-Hui Lin at Academia Sinica in Taiwan have found that a low-dose combination of zinc, serine, and branched-chain amino acids may ease behavioral difficulties in three mouse models of autism. The study, published December 2nd in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, reports that these…
A frog with an unexpectedly strong resistance to venom has been identified, and it routinely eats hornets despite the insects’ dangerous stingers. Researchers believe this species may become a useful model organism for exploring how animals develop tolerance to venom. For many people, even glimpsing a hornet’s stinger is enough…
Fever, aching limbs and a runny nose — as winter returns, so too does the flu. The disease is triggered by influenza viruses, which enter our body through droplets and then infect vulnerable cells. A research team from Switzerland and Japan has taken an exceptionally close look at how this…
Recent research has revealed a technique for producing graphene that deliberately incorporates structural defects to enhance its performance. This strategy could help advance several fields, including sensors, batteries and electronics. Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Chemistry, the University of Warwick and Diamond Light Source created a single-step…
Gravitational-wave detectors may soon get a major performance boost, thanks to a new instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside. In a paper published in the journal Optica, Richardson and his colleagues describe FROSTI, a full-scale prototype that successfully controls laser wavefronts at extremely…
A research group led by the University of Cambridge examined giant anaconda fossils found in South America and determined that these snakes reached their full body size about 12.4 million years ago. According to their analysis, anacondas have remained exceptionally large ever since. During the period from 12.4 to 5.3…
For many people in the United States, spending time indoors does not guarantee protection from harmful air pollution. A new study led by Stanford University and published Dec. 2 in PNAS Nexus reports that gas and propane stoves release significant amounts of nitrogen dioxide. This pollutant has been associated with…
An unusual vaccination rule in Wales has given scientists some of the clearest evidence so far that a vaccine might help protect against dementia. In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers examined health records from older adults in Wales and found that people who received the shingles vaccine…
Astronomers have identified a spiral galaxy that looks strikingly similar to the Milky Way in a period of the Universe when such organized systems were not expected to exist. Two researchers in India spotted this unusually developed galaxy only 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, a timing that calls…
On December 2, 1995, the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) lifted off for what was originally planned as a two-year mission. From a position 1.5 million km away from Earth, located between our planet and the Sun, SOHO has an uninterrupted view of the solar surface. Since launch, it…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects people across the globe and often progresses to the point where patients rely on routine dialysis to survive. Although the condition is widespread and serious, there are still no approved medications that can actively restore kidney function. A team led by Professor Takaaki Abe at…
Sweat carries a wide range of biological signals, and a growing body of research suggests that pairing it with artificial intelligence and advanced sensor technology could reshape how we track our health and daily physiology. According to a recent study, this combination may provide a powerful new approach for monitoring…
Do not schedule eight AM classes. Communicate with your roommate. Wash your bedding regularly. New college students hear countless tips as they prepare for campus life. Among them, one warning appears again and again: the idea of the “freshman 15.” Many people treat weight gain in the first year of…
Each rocket launch sends valuable materials into the sky that cannot be recovered, while also releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases and chemicals that damage the ozone layer. A new paper published December 1 in the Cell Press journal Chem Circularity examines how familiar ideas like reducing, reusing, and recycling…
Earth’s ancient sky may have played a larger role in the beginnings of life than scientists once believed. According to a study published Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from CU Boulder and their collaborators report that billions of years ago, the young planet’s…
Ant societies behave like tightly integrated “superorganisms,” where thousands of individuals work together in a way that resembles the coordinated activity of cells in a body. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have found that terminally ill ant brood release a distinctive odor, similar to the…
