Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark
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Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark

Now, an international team of researchers has placed new numerical limits on what this mysterious material must be like. Using observations of Venus together with radiative-transfer modeling, the…

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Scientists discover a hidden switch that shuts down inflammation
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Scientists discover a hidden switch that shuts down inflammation

Inflammation is one of the immune system’s most important defense responses. It helps the body fight infection and repair damaged tissue. But if that response remains active for…

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How the body adapts to extreme heat
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How the body adapts to extreme heat

“I can’t do this,” the woman in her 60s said as she lowered herself into the 40° Celsius water that filled a big silver tub at the end…

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A human set a new mathematical record. Then AI came for it
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A human set a new mathematical record. Then AI came for it

On the last day of August, a human mathematician kicked off a flurry of advances on one of the most famous problems in number theory — and was…

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Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half
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Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half

Researchers at DTU have created a tiny nanolaser that could eventually help make computers, smartphones, and data centers faster while using much less energy. The breakthrough was published…

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The secret to longer life may be hidden in bat DNA
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The secret to longer life may be hidden in bat DNA

The idea fascinated Juan Manuel Vazquez while he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. At the time, however, there was little published genomic information about…

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Wasps are disappearing this summer, and scientists are worried
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Wasps are disappearing this summer, and scientists are worried

But summer 2026 is breaking the norm, and there don’t seem to be many wasps about. As a wasp biologist, I’ve noticed it acutely, because my students need…

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Devil’s Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55,000-pound stones 11 miles for Britain’s tallest stone row
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Devil’s Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55,000-pound stones 11 miles for Britain’s tallest stone row

The study, led by Curtin University in collaboration with the University of York, UK, is the first to pinpoint the geological source of the towering stones. Researchers traced…

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Chinese scientists find a hidden atomic structure that unlocks methane
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Chinese scientists find a hidden atomic structure that unlocks methane

Nickel can change both its oxidation state and its atomic arrangement under the high-temperature redox conditions involved in POM. Until now, these changes have been difficult to track…

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Ozempic and Wegovy linked to nearly 40% fewer asthma attacks
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Ozempic and Wegovy linked to nearly 40% fewer asthma attacks

The study was led by Professor Chloe Bloom, Clinical Associate Professor in Respiratory Epidemiology at the National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK, and presented by Dr.…

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