Briefing: Childcare burden may explain US gender gap in poverty rates
Strategic angle: A study suggests that the gender differences in poverty rates are linked to the childcare responsibilities shouldered by women.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Science
Research, space, biology, physics, and innovation.
Briefing: What primate faces reveal about empathy: Humans mirror emotions across species
Strategic angle: Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to a study published in PLOS One.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: News media representations contribute to stigma around childlessness, study finds
Strategic angle: The news media shapes reproductive narratives, framing childlessness as a threat to national interests and cultural norms.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Biodegradable nanoparticles can seek and destroy diseased immune cells
Strategic angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed nanoparticles that educate the immune system to target disease-causing cells.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: 'Stealth' DNA circles safely insert gene-sized payloads into the genome
Strategic angle: New genome editing technology offers a promising approach to treat genetic disorders by accurately delivering gene-sized payloads.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula
Strategic angle: A stunning collaboration between ESA’s Euclid and NASA’s Hubble reveals the intricate beauty of the Cat’s Eye Nebula.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Study captures single polymer segments sticking and slipping on surfaces
Strategic angle: Kyushu University researchers have directly observed how individual polymers behave when in contact with solid surfaces.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Scalable quantum batteries can charge faster than their classical counterparts
Strategic angle: Researchers have developed advanced quantum batteries that outperform traditional battery technologies in charging speed.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Watching quantum behavior in action: MagnetoARPES reveals time-reversal symmetry breaking in a kagome superconductor
Strategic angle: Rice University researchers uncover new insights into superconductors using advanced quantum techniques.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Acoustic Metamaterials: A New Frontier in Sound Technology
The emergence of acoustic metamaterials signals a pivotal shift in sound technology, with implications for various industries and applications.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Germany news: WWII bomb forces major evacuation in Dresden
Strategic angle: City authorities in Dresden are evacuating thousands of residents after the discovery of a World War II era bomb.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Reading, puzzles and learning new skills may help delay Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests
Strategic angle: Keeping your brain active throughout life by learning new skills or reading could help delay Alzheimer’s disease.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Ultrasound Repellers Could Keep Hedgehogs Off Roads, Scientists Hope
Strategic angle: Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4825-4831: Exploring the Borderlands
Strategic angle: Curiosity is in the last stage of its exploration of the spiderweb-like boxwork unit.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: A Most Unusual Lake
Strategic angle: Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Anduril to acquire space-tracking firm ExoAnalytic Solutions
Strategic angle: Deal adds ground-based telescope network and space surveillance data to defense tech company’s expanding space business.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: About Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools Project
Strategic angle: NASA’s Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) project develops technologies for various aircraft speed regimes.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Vegans develop complex skills to navigate an omnivorous society, new research shows
Strategic angle: Going vegan is a life-changing decision that requires navigating a society dominated by omnivorous choices.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Scientists turn scrap car aluminum into high-performance metal for new vehicles
Strategic angle: Researchers develop RidgeAlloy, a new aluminum alloy that transforms contaminated car-body scrap into durable vehicle components.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: How jagged moon dust could support future astronauts
Strategic angle: Lunar dust can be a pain—but it's also literally the ground we will have to traverse if we are ever to have a permanent human settlement on the moon.
Editorial Staff Mar 11