Oscar Larrainzar, a 41-year-old father of four, had a non-functioning bladder and had both kidneys removed due to renal cancer in the setting of pre-existing end-stage kidney disease. As a result, he ...

The Regional Cabled Array spans the entire Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, from the Oregon coast to the summit of Axial Seamount 300 miles offshore. Credit: University of Washington Axial Seamount, an ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, renowned for exploring Jupiter’s mysteries, faced an unexpected hiccup during its 71st close approach to the gas giant on April 4. Twice in one day, the solar-powered ...

Professor Shelly Zhang, center, joined by fellow researchers Rahul Dev Kundu, left, and Shi Zhao, right, have developed a synthetic multi-layered material where each layer responds to stress ...

High blood pressure impacts over 30% of adults worldwide and is a major cause of heart disease, stroke, kidney problems, and even dementia. When blood pressure is high, we are often told to cut back ...

The disappearance of Arctic sea ice that has been observed is a sign of human-caused climate change. With further warming, these declines are expected to continue and eventually result in an Arctic ...

The researchers demonstrated the membrane’s performance in lab-scale experiments, pictured, using a novel membrane to filter various solutions that were similar in content to the waste streams ...

Metastability arises from the finite lifetime of a state when a lower-energy configuration is possible but can only be reached by tunneling through an energy barrier. This phenomenon is observed in ...

Large language models (LLMs) can handle language tasks, logic, and social reasoning. In the human brain, a core language system supports language processing. EPFL researchers found key units in AI ...

Cellular agriculture aims to supply the increasing market for animal products. However, because present production technology produces low yields, economic projections prevent the scalability of ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. Credit: Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley A new catalytic process ...

In mammals, only 3% of the genome makes proteins crucial for life and development. However, genes don’t work alone; they are controlled by other DNA sequences called enhancers, which act like switches ...