At rest, without any breath-holding, injections, or notable exertion, your brain performs a remarkable feat. Its blood vessels are in a state of constant micro-adjustment — expanding and contracting in response to minor changes in blood pressure and carbon dioxide — ensuring that the approximately 100 billion neurons within receive a consistent supply of oxygen. […]

Every collision of black holes in the universe produces ripples throughout spacetime. Most of these ripples are too weak and originate too far away for any Earth detector to capture. Yet, they exist — a form of cosmic background noise, an unresolved hum arising from billions of distant disasters. Now, a group of physicists believes […]

In a groundbreaking study conducted at the University of Edinburgh, a colony of E. coli bacteria is harnessed to produce hydrogen gas from sugars derived from old naan bread. This procedure takes place in a hermetically sealed flask under controlled laboratory conditions and employs a palladium catalyst to enable an important industrial reaction called hydrogenation. […]

Scientists have uncovered a revolutionary effect when alternating current flows through bismuth telluride, a potential avenue for enabling future wireless sensors without the use of batteries. This effect, termed the nonlinear Hall effect, produces voltage perpendicular to the flow of current without requiring a threshold voltage, and can even function at room temperature. It resolves […]

The violinist strides onto the stage of a rich crimson concert hall, bow at the ready, and something changes — not in the acoustics, but in your mind. A recent study from Berlin’s Technical University indicates that your visual experience truly affects your auditory perception; the hue on a concert hall’s walls unexpectedly infiltrates your […]