Engineers have built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter

Since it started making headlines five years ago, then gene-editing technology CRISPR has been controversial

Findings from studies of traffic-related abrasion particles point to tires, brake pads, and road materials as significant sources of environmental pollution with potential health implications

Penn researchers uncover role of N-acetylaspartate, a molecule that controls amyloid build-up

Scaling up microfluidic systems has been a major challenge, as they depend on tightly controlled flow rates to produce particles of a consistent size

An injectable gel that slowly releases microRNAs into the heart muscle could help restart replication in existing contractile cells

Motivation to change your behavior can be linked to neurons in the posterior cingulate cortex region of the brain that ramp up firing rates just before a divergent behaviour occurs 

New findings from the University of Pennsylvania suggest a mechanism that may explain how viruses can linger

With a warming climate battering the coast with more severe storms, the research suggests that, to protect coastal communities, managers may want to give weight to the virtues of the non-native species.

By offering an alternative to impulse purchases, advance ordering could promote healthy behaviors

Astronauts who experience Earth from orbit often report feelings of awe and wonder, of being transformed by what they describe as the magic such a perspective brings

Technology holds potential to benefit patients with damage to brain connections resulting from brain injury or disease

Warnings similar to those found on tobacco products may help educate parents of health risks such as diabetes and obesity

 Without some sort of testing platform, research on diseases and their treatments would grind to a halt

The field of metamaterials is all about making structures that have physical properties that aren’t found in nature. Predicting what kinds of structures would have those traits is one challenge; physically fabricating them is quite another, as they often require precise arrangement of constituent materials on the smallest scales.