A recent study found a slightly higher risk of heavier periods after COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers emphasize that the changes are small and typically return to…
Cancer Breakthrough: Chemotherapy Drug Reaches Human Brain for the First Time
A novel ultrasound technique utilizing microbubbles temporarily opens the blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma in humans. One of the biggest challenges in treating glioblastoma, a…
100x Resolution: MIT’s Unprecedented View of Gene Regulation
MIT engineers’ new technique analyzes the 3D organization of the genome at a resolution 100 times higher than before. Researchers at MIT have created a…
Popular Explanation Is Wrong – Researchers Discover New Clues Regarding the Origin of Earth’s Continents
New experiments have called into question a popular explanation for the properties that give rise to dry land. Despite being a crucial factor in making…
The Early Roots of the Gender Pay Gap – New Study Reveals the Impact of Job Search Behaviors
According to a recent paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, a crucial aspect of the gender pay gap is…
Shapeshifting Structures: Can Buildings Evolve Like Organisms?
Biomedical engineers and architects are collaborating on a project to create a living building façade that adapts to its environment. By studying plants, fetal chick…
How Gender and Race Can Make You Forgettable
Several years ago at an academic conference, Michèle Belot recalls having a conversation with a fellow participant who was convinced she had authored a research…
How Gender and Race Can Make You Forgettable
Several years ago at an academic conference, Michèle Belot recalls having a conversation with a fellow participant who was convinced she had authored a research…
Waves of Wonder: Physicists Unravel Spin Excitons in Nickel Magnets
Neutron scattering reveals coherent waves of ‘spin excitons’ in nickelate crystal. Rice University physicists discovered “spin excitons” in nickel molybdate crystals, a new type of…
Cold Climate Adaptation: Neanderthal Genetics Shape Our Facial Features
A study by University College London researchers discovered that humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals, affecting nose shape. The gene responsible for a taller nose…