WETENSCHAP EN TECHNOLOGIE BL – 2

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.... Read more »

The grisly infrared camera footage records a never-before-seen hunting tactic. It may have implications for bat conservation.... Read more »

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderate physical activity to a 3-to 7-year delay in cognitive symptoms.... Read more »

Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief, discusses big advances across science in 2025 as well as the assault on science by the Trump administration.... Read more »

These five early- and mid-career researchers are shaking up what we know about the Arctic, black holes and beyond.... Read more »

Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year when the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in funding and fired thousands of scientists.... Read more »

The American Museum of Natural History’s “Impact: The End of the Age of the Dinosaurs” examines how an asteroid impact shaped life as we know it.... Read more »

Skin is a barrier meant to keep small invaders out. Products making their way across it should boost that mission.... Read more »

Simple chemistry could give the reindeer his famously bright snout. But physics would make it look different colors from the ground.... Read more »

Solve the math puzzle from our December 2025 issue, in which a holiday gift exchange occurs.... Read more »

A machine learning analysis of wild lion audio reveals they have two roar types, not one. This insight might help detect where lions are declining.... Read more »

People with Gulf War Illness found relief from migraines after a month on a low-glutamate diet, hinting at a new way to ease symptoms.... Read more »

Books about AI, Mars and infectious disease were among our top reads this year.... Read more »

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.... Read more »

In late 2026, NASA’s iconic Voyager 1 spacecraft will reach an impressive milestone. The probe...... Read more »

Swiss researchers have built organic nano-OLEDs 100 times smaller than a human cell that can...... Read more »

In a new demo released by researchers at the RAI Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, two...... Read more »

Polish robotics company Clone Robotics has released a new update on its anthropomorphic hand technology....... Read more »

A new upcoming nuclear facility in the UK will reuse more than 16,500 US tons...... Read more »

A three-year-old Oliver (Ollie) Chu has become the world’s first patient to receive a revolutionary...... Read more »

For decades, the SR-71 Blackbird stood as the pinnacle of American aerospace engineering, a reconnaissance...... Read more »

California-based nuclear energy startup Deep Fission announced last week that its proprietary underground small modular...... Read more »

Longshot, an aerospace technology start-up founded in 2021, is developing a launch system to shoot...... Read more »

Scientists found that reduced ATP signaling in the hippocampus can trigger both depression and anxiety in mice. Lower ATP levels and a drop in connexin 43 expression appeared to make stressed animals more vulnerable. Manipulating this protein alone was enough to produce mood-related symptoms, while restoring it reversed them. ATP... Read more »

The zap-and-freeze approach let scientists observe ultrafast synaptic recycling in both mouse and human brain tissue, highlighting conserved molecular mechanisms. The technique could help reveal why communication breaks down in Parkinson’s and guide new treatment strategies. Breakthrough “Zap-and-Freeze” Imaging in Live Brain Tissue Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that... Read more »

New findings reveal that untreated obstructive sleep apnea can significantly raise the likelihood of developing Parkinson’s disease, but consistent CPAP use appears to dramatically cut that risk. Scientists suspect that repeated nightly drops in oxygen put long-term strain on neurons, potentially contributing to neurodegeneration. The results highlight how something as... Read more »

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two enormous and puzzling formations hidden deep within Earth. Their immense size and unusual traits make them difficult to reconcile with traditional ideas about... Read more »

Some regions are acidifying faster than previously believed, posing an existential threat to coastal economies worldwide. New research from the University of St Andrews indicates that certain coastal regions are on track to experience far greater acidification than previously estimated. As atmospheric CO2 continues to rise, these areas are becoming... Read more »

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The intensity of a volcanic eruption is shaped by how many gas bubbles develop in the magma and at what point they appear. Until recently, scientists believed that most bubbles formed mainly... Read more »

People with more muscle and less visceral fat tend to have brains that appear biologically younger, according to advanced MRI-AI analysis. The results point toward lifestyle and therapeutic approaches that prioritize muscle preservation and targeted visceral fat reduction for better brain health. Muscle–Fat Balance Linked to Younger Brain Age Researchers... Read more »

Fraud driven by flawed metrics threatens mathematics, say researchers urging change. An international group of researchers led by Ilka Agricola, a mathematics professor at the University of Marburg in Germany, has examined widespread misconduct in the publication of mathematical research. Working on behalf of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) and... Read more »

Princeton engineers extended qubit lifetimes using a new tantalum-silicon design that sharply cuts energy loss. The improvement could enable large, stable quantum processors capable of real-world problem solving. Princeton engineers have taken a significant step toward developing useful quantum computers by creating a superconducting qubit that remains stable for three... Read more »

Researchers found that rabies virus uses a shape-shifting protein to hijack RNA and control vital cell functions. Viruses are astonishingly efficient, able to take over our cells and control essential processes using only a tiny amount of genetic material. Scientists have long wondered how such small viruses manage to achieve... Read more »

Scientists identified two new chameleon species through genetic analysis. Museum DNA helped clarify long-standing taxonomic confusion. Madagascar is widely recognized as the home of chameleons. Over 40% of all documented chameleon species are found on this island off the East African coast, including the so-called Pinocchio chameleon, which scientists have... Read more »

New research reveals how the traditional Chinese formula Jinfeng Pills can biologically restore a thin endometrium, a persistent contributor to infertility. A new study published in the journal Reproductive and Developmental Medicine has identified how a traditional Chinese herbal formula may help restore endometrial receptivity in cases of thin endometrium... Read more »

The seven-year study identifies early warning signs that may allow doctors to detect the disease before it develops, potentially sparing patients years of pain and disability. Scientists have found that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not begin when pain becomes noticeable. Instead, it starts quietly many years earlier. RA is a... Read more »

A Penn-led research team has uncovered how hydralazine, one of the oldest blood pressure medications and a standard treatment for preeclampsia, functions at the molecular level. In the process, they made an unexpected finding: it can also stop the growth of aggressive brain tumors. Over the last 70 years, hydralazine... Read more »

There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores... Read more »

Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ancestors, perhaps more than a billion years ago... Read more »

As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen... Read more »

The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else... Read more »

From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding... Read more »

The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could solve a cosmic mystery about the origins of extremely large black holes... Read more »

Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. They’re expected to get worse as the world warms... Read more »

Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake... Read more »

Conventional computing devices will play a crucial role in turning quantum computers into tools with real-world application... Read more »

The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new treatments for this form of IBD... Read more »

Astronauts strapped moss spores to the outside of the International Space Station for nine months - and most of them survived the challenging experience... Read more »

Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prompting a rethink of caregiving among rodents and other animals ... Read more »

Orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug taken as a pill, achieved positive results in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, although it seems less effective than injectable drugs... Read more »

The health impacts of men losing their Y chromosome from their cells are increasingly coming to light, with the loss playing a complicated role in the most common form of lung cancer... Read more »

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