Science and engineering

Neanderthals had the brains to make complex tools but never quite got the hang of drawing on walls. 

Researchers have found a structure on the small viruses that deliver gene therapy that makes them better at crossing from the bloodstream into the brain.

Engineers used tissue paper—similar to toilet tissue—to make a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse or a blink of an eye.

There may be a protein in the body that hinders cartilage degradation in patients with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

With a new grant, a Picower Institute team is studying the role of astrocytes, which may partner with neurons to process information in the brain.

Researchers have demonstrated the existence of "turbulent dynamo," a phenomenon never measured or observed directly until now.

Special-purpose chip reduces power consumption of public-key encryption by 99.75 percent, increases speed 500-fold.

An increase in corn and soybean production in the Midwest may have led to cooler, wetter summers there.

Researchers have found a way to induce alcohol-seeking behavior, which could offer clues to curbing it.

New Quad-Core Ryzen™ 5 2400G and Ryzen™ 3 2200G Desktop Processors Combine  High-performance Radeon “Vega” Architecture with Revolutionary “Zen” CPU Cores on a Single Chip AMD Ryzen Desktop APUs Deliver Superior Console-Class HD Gaming Performance 2 on Your Desktop

 

Wood has secured a new multi-million dollar, five-year contract to support Saudi Aramco in the delivery of one of its mega-projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

"Based on these results, I can more confidently state that there is no technical or economic barrier to transitioning the entire world to 100% clean, renewable energy with a stable electric grid at low cost."

Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), the leading global wearables brand, today announced that it expects to release results for its fourth quarter and full year 2017 on Monday, February 26, after market close.