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Science Connected Magazine is an editorially independent, non-profit newsroom producing open-access science journalism and ...

Biomedical engineers at Georgia Tech are designing a cellular tool to detect disease without the need for complex and costly lab equipment. Nobody complains when things are easy. That is why we hear ...

Solar power has emerged as a leading solution to the growing demand for clean and renewable energy. However, while conventional solar panels contribute to clean energy production, their manufacturing ...

In the dark of night, flying bugs can be seen dancing around lights. They erratically swarm and occasionally nosedive to their demise, seemingly driven by a love for the warm glow. It might appear ...

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. The electronics we depend on every day, such as ...

About the Author. Claudia Suzanne Willis is a Junior Research Specialist at a research center for smell and taste science. She is a chemist by training, and an avid reader and baker in her free time.

About the Author. Rebecca DeGiosio is a recent PhD graduate in neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh. She is soon to start a postdoctoral appointment at the Children’s Hospital of ...

We use and dispose of plastics every day. From toothbrushes and water bottles to food wrappers and Band-Aids, plastics are all around us. Although there have been many efforts made to limit the ...

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. In the aftermath of a wildfire, soil microbial communities ...