Science and engineering

"Anti-sense" RNA guides the stripping of myelin from injured nerves, report researchers. The finding could lead to treatments for nerve damage.

New mapping methods developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can help urban planners minimize the environmental impacts of cities’ water and energy demands on surrounding stream ecologies.

A new algorithm can predict the beginning of Alzheimer's disease years in advance, which would give patients and families time to plan and manage care.

A prosthetic device that includes augmented reality goggles could eventually restore vision lost to retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration.

Novartis Kisqali® (ribociclib) receives EU approval as first-line treatment for HR+/HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with any aromatase inhibitor

Scientists have just achieved what it seemed impossible — they have successfully recreated conditions present in Neptune and Uranus to make it rain diamonds.

New antennas are 100 times smaller than current models

Extinct cetacean adds diversity to "toothed whales"

As horses became larger, a single robust toe could better resist stress

A new technique protects people's private genetic information—which some fear could be used maliciously—during searches for genes linked to disease.

Research focussing on the Ethiopian banana could help improve food security in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, especially in areas affected by drought. 

Wood frogs can freeze solid to make it through brutally cold winters, but surviving dry conditions may be a bigger challenge.

Graphene is many times more conductive than copper thanks, in part, to its two-dimensional structure. In most metals, conductivity is limited by crystal imperfections which cause electrons to frequently scatter like billiard balls when they move through the material.  

New research uncovers why salmon raised in fish farms are partially deaf. The findings could explain why some conservation efforts have failed.