Research
The latest research stories, curated daily by StudentNews — Science, engineering, and discovery — the research and breakthroughs that matter.
- The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs—we're bothered when we think others are wrong
- A new way to beat jet lag? Engineered cells speed circadian adjustment
- Doomscrolling at work wastes time, but the real cost is what happens after
- Does your city match your relationship status? New study exposes the hidden costs of urban living
- One-step synthesis of catalysts that turn carbon dioxide into useful methane
- Climate change decided who ruled as top predator 35 million years ago
- A new category of heat waves is melting western US snowpack faster
- Sugar swap simplifies production of promising targeted cancer therapies
- Claim that science is becoming less disruptive challenged after years-long publication delay
- 20-year study finds pre-K impacts a child's academic future
- The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought
- Climate debate remains dominated by established voices despite social media, research finds
- New contactless method reveals how mirror-image materials respond differently to light
- Mitochondrial proteins may trigger inflammation by mimicking bacterial distress signals
- First evidence of Neanderthal bone tool use in Romania discovered
- New optical method reveals internal dynamics of elusive Wigner crystals
- Self-healing composite retains 92% sensing response after 10,000 strain cycles
- Forage crop gets growth boost from recently discovered beneficial bacterial species
- What's the beef with plant-based meat?
- Sixteen AI-designed viruses offer a new route against drug-resistant bacteria
- 'Flying focus' laser overcomes key limitation in plasma-based particle accelerators
- One million years without sex fails to erase stick insects' unused biological system
- Don't believe the GenAI hype—learn from it instead, say researchers
- XENONnT detector narrows the hunt for dark matter
- One snail, five slimes: Collagen and calcium reshape mucus for different jobs
- Microbreaks key to boosting energy and motivation at work, study finds
- With new digital tools, researchers are helping Joshua trees survive wildfires
- Carbon nanostructure improves fuel-cell catalyst durability while reducing platinum use
- Deworming products for grazing animals may disrupt food chains
- Model could help communities set effective subsidies for wildfire mitigation
- After commercial whaling nearly erased them, blue and fin whales are slowly reclaiming the southeast Atlantic
- The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs—we're bothered when we think others are wrong
- Airborne observatory improves views of solar corona during cloud-covered eclipse
- Wheat gene behind Hessian fly resistance cloned after 50-year search
- Europe's mountain summits are warming—vegetation is responding in surprisingly different ways
- Cell biochemistry beyond membranes: Condensate physics reveals general rules for chemical responses
- A new way to beat jet lag? Engineered cells speed circadian adjustment
- Stable RNA elements open new possibilities for mRNA therapeutics
- Sediments off Brazil's northeast coast reveal sudden changes in heat transport in the Atlantic
- Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
- Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time
- A stress hormone may help the brain repair itself
- Paleontology rocked by organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones
- Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds
- One faulty gene copy can make the heart’s DNA fold the wrong way
- Human brain cells are far more powerful than scientists thought
- Why your brain keeps making the same decisions – even when better options exist
- Scientists discover the brain has a fast lane and slow lane for clearing waste
- Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
- The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought