Scientists have developed an experimental surgical glue inspired by the mucus secreted by slugs that could offer an alternative to sutures and staples for closing wounds. While some medical glues already exist, they often adhere weakly, are not particularly flexible and frequently cannot be used ...
With his dream of inhabiting the red planet out of reach, Kenji Yoshikawa instead sought out similar landscapes on Earth and teaches kids about Mars-style permafrost.
Remember that raven in Edgar Allan Poe's poem that kept saying, "Nevermore?" Now it turns out that real-life ravens think about the future. In experiments reported Thursday, ravens showed they could plan ahead by setting aside a tool that would get them a tasty treat ...
The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researchers warned Wednesday ahead of a summit to coordinate efforts to remove the junk. There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called "space junk" — ...
Japan must create work and life conditions for its talented female researchers to want to remain in their native homeland.
What goes on the chopping block: research into cancer or Alzheimer's? A Zika vaccine? A treatment for superbugs? Health groups say President Donald Trump's proposal to slash funds for America's engine of biomedical research would be devastating for patients with all kinds of diseases — ...
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the U.S. The scientists, some dressed in white lab coats, called on President Donald Trump's administration to ...
Better education is needed on the difference between science and politicized pseudoscience.
Instead of encouraging scientists to participate in the development of technologies that have military uses, the government should boost funding for research that can improve people's lives.
At Nerd Nite Tokyo, self-confessed nerds from all walks of life gather once a month to loosen their anoraks, sup a beverage or two and feed on the niche knowledge of three quietly obsessive speakers.
Osaka University has become the first university in Japan to set up a permanent research facility for genome-editing technologies following the opening of a new center on Wednesday. Genome editing involves technologies to insert and delete or replace DNA at a specific site in the ...
Microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi received the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine at a ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday for his work on autophagy, a protein-recycling process within cells. During the ceremony in a concert hall on the 120th anniversary of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel's ...
