Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: When classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. These parallel legal defeats expose deeper questions about who gets to interpret co...
Sep 18, 2025
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in ACS Nano, how proteins in cells can be controllably activated through heating, an effect that can be used to initiate programmed cell death.
Sep 18, 2025
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Humboldt University in Berlin have developed a way to capture nearly all the light emitted from tiny diamond defects known as color centers. By placing nanodiamonds into specially designed ...
Sep 18, 2025
When Ph.D. student Kshitiz Parihar began combing through dozens of research papers on two seemingly different topics—tumor mechanics and extracellular vesicles, tiny packages of proteins and genetic material secreted by cells—he noticed something ...
Sep 18, 2025
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair. The research is published in the journal Nature ...
Sep 18, 2025
Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered how to use ultrafast lasers to wiggle atoms in exotic materials, temporarily altering their electronic behavior. By combining cutting-edge microscopes with quantum simulations, they created a...
Sep 18, 2025
The achievement paves the way for understanding the transition between a particle's classical and quantum behavior.
Sep 18, 2025
LG Electronics (LG) has expanded its Xboom Buds lineup with three new models - Buds Plus, Buds, and Buds Lite - continuing a collaboration with musician will.i.am that began with the launch of the Xboom Buds. All Xboom earbuds incorporate audio tu...
Sep 18, 2025
Scientists at Harvard have discovered how salts like lithium bromide break down tough proteins such as keratin—not by attacking the proteins directly, but by altering the surrounding water structure. This breakthrough opens the door to a cleaner, ...
Sep 17, 2025
Monash University researchers have developed a new form of multiscale graphene that overcomes long-standing limitations in supercapacitor technology.
Sep 17, 2025
