Science

Urban agriculture is moving from the margins of city life toward the center of debates about food security, climate resilience and sustainable development. A new...

Cell-based immunotherapy is moving from a largely experimental concept toward a more standardized form of medicine, according to a new review published in Nature Reviews...

A New Catalyst Design Could Keep Single Atoms from Clumping Under Industrial Heat Metal catalysts are essential to modern chemical manufacturing, fuel processing and pollution...

Lasers are everywhere: they carry data through fiber-optic networks, guide precision measurements, scan products in factories and power medical devices. Their microwave counterparts, masers, have...

A subtle chemical switch on histone proteins may determine whether DNA gathers into liquid-like droplets inside the cell, according to a new study from researchers...

Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive primary brain cancer in adults, has yielded thousands of previously hidden genetic clues in a study that could reshape...

Boston College researchers have created an electrically controlled “quantum nanocorral” that traps light-emitting particles inside an atomically thin semiconductor, opening a new route toward tunable...

A major question in modern resuscitation medicine is whether the brain can be protected more effectively by keeping cardiac arrest survivors cold for longer. New...

Peatlands cover only a small fraction of the planet’s land surface, yet they hold roughly one-quarter of all soil carbon. For centuries, drainage has allowed...

Wild bearded capuchin monkeys appear to judge stone tools not only by what the stones are made of, but also by what those stones reveal...

Women entrepreneurs could gain greater access to finance, leadership opportunities and professional networks if business-support systems are redesigned around digital working, researchers argue in a...

A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests that the flood risk created by forest harvesting depends far less on the...