Grease is the unsung hero of the mechanical world. It sits quietly inside rolling bearings, sealed gearboxes, and countless maintenance-limited machines, doing the unglamorous work of keeping metal surfaces from grinding each other
Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets have grown remarkably sophisticated at rendering digital worlds, yet the weakest link in the immersive experience often remains the interface between the human body and the machine.
A team of researchers in Egypt has taken a close biochemical look at one of the most common intestinal parasites in the world, Blastocystis, and found that three very different agents—the standard antiparasitic
Some of the most dangerous rainstorms in eastern China never announce themselves with an approaching weather front. They erupt deep inside the warm, humid air mass hundreds of kilometers ahead of any frontal
Every time a student logs into Moodle, the learning management system quietly records a trail of digital footprints: quiz attempts, assignment submissions, forum posts, file downloads, and the timestamps that bind them together.
A team of computer scientists at the University of Pavia, working with a colleague at Cochin University of Science and Technology, has developed a new attack technique called XBreaking that demonstrates how the
Political polarization has become one of the most intensively studied phenomena in the social sciences, blamed for everything from populism and legislative gridlock to collapsing trust in democratic institutions and the collective failure
The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, together with the persistent risk that other sarbecoviruses circulating in bats could spill over into human populations, has created an urgent need for antibodies and
Hepatitis C virus infection has long been one of the most stubborn burdens in global health, and nowhere is that burden heavier than in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Yemen, a country whose health
Grasslands store an enormous share of the planet’s soil carbon, and a new study from the Tianshan Mountains in northwestern China suggests that the single most important living lever over that carbon may
