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In May, the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) marked its first anniversary with MIT Manufacturing Week, four...

A common houseplant hides a pattern that may reveal how some leaf veins form.The leaves of the Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides) display a geometric pattern called a Voronoi diagram, researchers report May 12 in Nature Communications. That pattern...

An international team of researchers has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor powered by carbon nanotubes that is...

Earth’s oceans are heating up, but one patch in the North Atlantic has cooled by about 1 degree Celsius since the 19th century. Scientists now think they know why: The “cold blob” is the result of slowing ocean heat...

Gareth Tilley is credited as being the first to discover the elusive black hairstreak in Surrey. Source link

Illicit laboratories do a criminally good job of synthesizing new forms of dangerous drugs that slip under the radar, but a new method could spot variants of the powerful opioid drug fentanyl even before they’ve been cataloged by authorities.Measuring...

NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 16, for its return to Earth. Watch NASA’s live undocking...

If you think breaking a Nature Valley granola bar makes a mess, try a photon.As fundamental particles, photons can’t really be cleaved into smaller pieces. But if you tried cracking a light particle in half, physicists calculate that you...

On the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, ancient Greeks gnawed on dried sap from the mastic tree to treat stomach upset. Greek philosopher and physician Hippocrates even used the resin as an herbal remedy for gastrointestinal disorders....

Debates about vaccines are a recurring feature of contemporary politics. It turns out they actually date back...