Far below the reach of sunlight, at roughly 4,000 m deep on the Pacific seafloor, researchers have stumbled on a form of ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

Atomic defects in nanodiamonds enable both precise heating of lysosomes inside macrophages and nanoscale temperature ...

An investigation into the AI 171 crash reveals cascading electrical failures in the core network of a Boeing 787, raising ...

New research from Murdoch University in Australia shows that using blood flow restriction cuffs during walking may affect how ...

Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their outgoing signals).

Oxygen is the second most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere. Although critical for aerobic respiration, it also poses significant dangers to life. The reduction of molecular oxygen to water by ...

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...

A pulse oximeter measures blood oxygen levels at home and in healthcare settings. Abnormally low readings on a pulse oximeter might require medical care, especially if they are below 92%. Skin color ...