A two-dimensional material mimics the human temperature-sensing system.

McMaster University researchers have developed a rapid and inexpensive test for Salmonella contamination in chicken and other food — one that’s easier to use than a home Covid test.

How can stress in animals be measured? Scientists from Uppsala University and elsewhere have now found that what are known as epigenetic biomarkers could be used to detect long-term exposure to stress in commercially raised chickens.

Chemists at ETH Zurich have found a facile method that allows a commonly used building block to be directly converted into other types of important compounds. This expands the possibilities of chemical synthesis and facilitates the search for new pharmaceutically active ingredients.

Researchers have developed a biocompatible material that can be 3D-printed into any shape and pre-programmed with reversible shape memory. The research could help the broader effort of reducing waste in the fashion industry, one of the biggest polluters on the planet.

A study has found that people usually use skin lightening products without knowing the risks associated with it. Earlier studies have concluded that these products are often adulterated with substances that maybe toxic to the skin.

The genetic origins of the first agriculturalists in the Neolithic period long seemed to lie in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that the first farmers actually represented a mixture of Ice Age hunter-gatherer groups, spread from the Near East all the way to south-eastern Europe.

Researchers from Eawag - the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, the University of Bern, and the Natural History Museum of Basel, came together to analyze 99 genomes of 22 whitefish species and concluded that the diversity of the species has arisen independently in each group of lakes since the last ice age partly due to their different depths and food sources.

Neuroscientists at the Northwestern University along with clinicians from the University of Chicago Epilepsy Center conducted a study in which they looked inside the brain of people during their sleep to know how memory is stored.

Researchers have developed a new ‘lab-on-a-chip’ testing technology that can help a person, who doesn’t have access to medical centers, to know if they are suffering from Covid-19 or flu.