Macrophages—or “big eaters”—are exactly what they sound like. These immune cells roam our bodies hunting down infections, cancers, or injuries. When they detect a target, the cells release a calvary ...

By tracking minute facial movements, down to the scale of pores, the algorithm picked up signs of consciousness days before doctors.

Bioprinting holds the promise of producing tissues and organs on demand, but efforts have been held back by our inability to create the networks of blood vessels required to sustain them. Two ...

I asked an AI agent to play the role of me, an Oxford lecturer on media and AI, and teach me a personal master’s course, based entirely on my own work. Imagine you had an unlimited budget for ...

Drew researches evolutionary biogeography, global change ecology, and conservation. His PhD research focused on landscape genomics, and he has since worked on a variety of conservation initiatives at ...

The annual clock of the seasons—winter, spring, summer, autumn—is often taken as a given. But our new study in Nature, using a new approach for observing seasonal growth cycles from satellites, shows ...

Cancer puts up a formidable defense. As cancer cells grow, they pump out molecules that weaken and confuse attacking immune cells, lowering their ability to fight off tumors. A team from the ...

Such sensors could one day carry out MRI at the scale of individual cells or aid researchers in drug development. Fragile quantum states might seem incompatible with the messy world of biology. But ...

"Companies will spend $375 billion globally in 2025 on AI infrastructure, the investment bank UBS estimates. That is projected to rise to $500 billion next year. Investment in software and computer ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

The lung survived nine days but also whipped up an immune response. It's hoped pig organs could one day ease the donor organ shortage. A heavily modified pig lung survived for 216 hours inside a brain ...

The idea of beaming solar power down from space might sound like science fiction, but it’s being taken seriously by a growing number of governments. A new analysis shows it could significantly lower ...