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Bio & Medicine May 28, 2026

Nanotube-coated catheter could detect bladder cancer biomarker 50,000 times more sensitively

Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer: Following treatment, about 50% of patients ...

Plants & Animals May 28, 2026

Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers, say researchers

How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, researchers say a surprising answer may be hidden, not in the brain or eyes of birds, but in the liver.

Earth Sciences May 28, 2026

From the seabed to Mars: Why geological maps matter

From Australia's remote deserts to the surface of Mars, geological mapping underpins how we understand landscapes, natural resources, and the processes that shape our planet and others beyond it.

Plants & Animals May 28, 2026

How bean plants call on wasps for help when hungry caterpillars attack

Some plants are not the sitting ducks they appear to be when they come under attack. If a hungry caterpillar starts to chomp on the succulent leaves of a common bean plant, a highly sophisticated defense system kicks into ...

Condensed Matter May 28, 2026

The generation of massive Schrödinger cat states using ultracold atoms

Quantum mechanics is a physics framework that describes how matter and energy behave at an extremely small scale, specifically at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. An effect predicted by the laws of quantum mechanics ...

General Physics May 27, 2026

Researchers push back fundamental limit on energy transfer between particles without 'spilling' radiation

Researchers at TU/e have demonstrated that energy transfer without loss via light or heat can occur over much greater distances than previously thought possible thanks to vibrations in microscopic gold rods. They succeeded ...

Biotechnology May 27, 2026

Your own personal Farmville: This VR greenhouse lets users monitor crops remotely

You've probably heard of Stardew Valley or Farmville, video games where you manage a virtual farm. Now, what if you could monitor real plants from the comfort of your home? Thanks to new research at Binghamton University, ...

Environment May 26, 2026

Researchers want to clear the air on traffic pollution in Tampa

If you live near an interstate or busy roadway in Tampa, you can literally wipe the grime from auto exhaust off your windows. Imagine breathing all that stuff into your lungs. Such pollution is a serious issue as traffic ...

Biochemistry May 26, 2026

Metal-free method unlocks selective carborane editing for cancer therapy and sensors

Carboranes are molecules composed of carbon, boron and hydrogen atoms that are proving to have applications of great interest in chemistry, materials science and biomedicine. They are being used, for example, in the fight ...

Mathematics May 26, 2026

Researchers develop Bayesian inference for hidden dependence structures in multi-group high-dimensional data

In today's scientific and industrial fields, high-dimensional data in which numerous variables are observed simultaneously, such as genomic, climate, financial, and sensor data, are rapidly increasing. In such data, it is ...

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