Mathematicians confirm the possibility of data transfer via gravitational waves
RUDN mathematicians analyzed the properties of gravitational waves in a generalized affine-metrical space (an algebraic construction operating on the notions of a vector and...
Human retinas grown in a dish explain how color vision develops
Biologists at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch to determine how cells that allow people to see in color are made.
The work,...
Disorder induces topological Anderson insulator
Topological insulators (TIs) host exotic physics that could shed new light on the fundamental laws of nature. What's more, the unusual properties of TIs...
Massive star’s unusual death heralds the birth of compact neutron star binary
Carnegie's Anthony Piro was part of a Caltech-led team of astronomers who observed the peculiar death of a massive star that exploded in a...
Mouse pups with same-sex parents born in China using stem cells and gene editing
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were able to produce healthy mice with two mothers that went on to have normal offspring of...
New microscope offers 4-D look at embryonic development in living mice
A smart new microscope has given scientists a front-row seat to the drama of mammalian development.
For the first time, researchers can now peek inside...
Researchers modify CRISPR to reorganize genome
Researchers at Stanford University have reworked CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to manipulate the genome in three-dimensional space, allowing them to ferry genetic snippets to different...
New half-light half-matter particles may hold the key to a computing revolution
Scientists have discovered new particles that could lie at the heart of a future technological revolution based on photonic circuitry, leading to superfast, light-based...
Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer,...
World must slash meat consumption to save climate: study
The world must drastically reduce its meat consumption in order to avoid devastating climate change, scientists said Wednesday in the most thorough study so...
THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, study finds
A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same, it turns out, can be said for cannabis.
Newly published research from UBC's...
