Whilst vaccines against COVID-19 show there is light at the end of the tunnel, three main challenges still need to be addressed.
Kieran Schlegel-O'Brien
Writer, editor, and illustrator at Advanced Science News.
Magnetic bacteria for drug delivery
Bacteria controlled by magnets could one day deliver medicine directly to the cells that need it.
Tiny brain tissue models grown on microchips
Researchers successfully grow 3D brain tissue on fully-integrated microchips for neural biosensing applications.
A fresh look at the heart
The FRESH-technique for 3D printing heart models could be a game changer for budding surgeons.
“Robotic snake” can grip and pick up objects
Researchers in Australia take inspiration from nature to create a soft-robotic gripper that moves away from the conventional hand-like design.
Pioneers in Science: Baruj Benacerraf
The Nobel Laureate whose research was crucial to understanding how the immune system works on the cellular level.
Material found in paint may hold the key to a technological revolution
The waste chips of paint you strip off the walls might not be so useless afterall.
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for the discovery of hepatitis C
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes the achievements made in identifying and treating hepatitis C.
Carbon-carbon bonds are more flexible than thought
Researchers at Hokkaido University call into question the strong and stable image of the carbon-carbon single bond.
Anthropogenic climate change accelerating faster than earlier, natural analogs
Whilst large-scale volcanic activity has been responsible for huge temperature rises millions of years ago, human-made climate change is happening at a far faster rate.