Scientists Create Cyborg Bacteria
Bacteria with artificial hydrogel skeletons could be used as tiny robots
By Elise Cutts in Scientific American
May 1, 2023
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Bacteria with artificial hydrogel skeletons could be used as tiny robots
By Elise Cutts in Scientific American
May 1, 2023
The strange phenomenon of quantum tunneling has been observed in a chemical reaction that defies classical physics
By Elise Cutts in Scientific American
April 3, 2023
A new study links geological factors such as faulting and geothermal activity to an elevated risk of arsenic contamination in private wells across the Great Basin.
By Elise Cutts in Eos
March 31, 2023
Wiring patterns seem to reflect grammatical characteristics specific to different languages
By Elise Cutts in Science News
March 30, 2023
Millennia of a rodentlike animal’s urine preserve crucial data that could help scientists understand early humans’ leap forward
By Elise Cutts in Scientific American
March 21, 2023
Extreme fires in the western United States and Southeast Asia influenced the local weather in ways that make fires and smoke pollution worse.
By Elise Cutts in Eos
March 8, 2023
New research shows diamonds might condense out of Neptune’s mantle, but not Uranus’, explaining a decades-old discrepancy.
By Elise Cutts in Sky and Telescope
March 8, 2023
The observation could offer an indirect look at large-scale magnetic fields in the universe
By Elise Cutts in Science News
March 6, 2023
How a humble meteorite redefined the future of astrobiology.
By Elise Cutts in Discover
February 23, 2023
Researchers say the dwarf planet’s strange and “clumpy” ring should be a moon instead.
By Elise Cutts in Astronomy
February 15, 2023
The finding could help explain why some massive algal blooms end
By Elise Cutts in Science News
February 8, 2023
Manganese oxides are thought to be a signature of atmospheric oxygen. But on the Red Planet, recent results suggest they might be more of a red herring.
By Elise Cutts in Eos
January 30, 2023