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Biomedical engineers at Georgia Tech are designing a cellular tool to detect disease without the need for complex and costly lab equipment. By William Harley Nobody complains when things are easy.

Scientists developed a nonhazardous strategy for recycling solar panels that enables nearly all components to be recovered and reused without efficiency loss. By Tanja Eisemann Solar power has emerged ...

Flying insects seem magnetized by light, but why? New research uncovers the dorsal-light-response mechanism behind this phenomenon. By William Harley In the dark of night, flying bugs can be seen ...

Engineers create a metamaterial that senses spoken words without the need for a battery. So far it can classify which of two words in a pair was spoken. By Setare Hajarolasvadi The electronics we ...

What is cell culture and how was it used to make coffee? Cell culture is an important technique that scientists use to replicate a specific type of living tissue, plant or animal, for research ...

Panic attacks aren’t yet fully understood, but researchers have found a new neuronal pathway that may hold some answers. By Rebecca DeGiosio For many, public speaking is the stuff of nightmares. It ...

Certain plastics are easier to recycle based on their internal structure. Researchers find a way to change that structure to increase what we can recycle. By Adelaide Levenson We use and dispose of ...

The Matabele ants aren’t the only ants to possess this metapleural gland. But theirs is uniquely antibiotic. Many other ant species with this gland produce a chemical formula consisting of between 1 ...

Scientists examine how soil microbial communities resume ecosystem functioning after a wildfire, with a focus on the effects of dispersal. By Rachel Calder In the aftermath of a wildfire, soil ...