Science

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world’s mosquito-free places, a researcher told AFP Monday. Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one male, were sighted around 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the capital Reykjavik, according to Matthias Alfredsson, an entomologist at the […]

The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal Nature. While developing mRNA vaccines for patients with brain tumors in 2016, our team, led by pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, discovered that mRNA can train

Water may seem boring, but it’s way weirder than it looks. Scientists in Japan have now shown that when confined to tight spaces, water molecules can behave like both a solid and a liquid simultaneously. The differences between liquid water and ice that we experience at the macro scale start at the micro. In ice, molecules are

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes as the hubs where police and firefighters gather fresh intel to launch their attack on criminals. What happens if you remove too

A book titled “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe” has stirred up the Internet, because it contained a notion that life does not end when the body dies, and it can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Dr. Robert Lanza who was voted the

Imagine tossing aside your reading glasses and regaining crisp, youthful vision with just a few drops a day. New research suggests that specially formulated eye drops can significantly improve near vision in people with presbyopia — age-related difficulty focusing on close objects. Patients reported sharper sight within an hour, sustained improvements for up to two

Japan is widely recognized as a global leader in technological innovation, disaster preparedness, and creative problem-solving. One fascinating example of this intersection of technology and safety is its vending machines, many of which are equipped with seismic sensors that automatically unlock and dispense food and water during major earthquakes. To outsiders, this may sound like

Stephenson 2-18 vs The Sun: Size Beyond Comprehension Introduction When we gaze up at the sky, the Sun appears unimaginably large — a blazing sphere of gas so immense it contains 99.8% of all the mass in our solar system. It gives us warmth, light, and energy, sustaining every form of life on Earth. Yet