The result is a selective barrier. Water passes through the graphene, while the larger hydrated sodium and chloride ions are ...

The Karolinska Institute awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine to researchers Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University in Berlin, and Georg Nagel of the ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel received the 2026 award for their contributions to a revolutionary technique ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won for optogenetics, a technique that uses light to switch brain cells on ...

A new review details how bacteria transfer electrons to electrodes through nanowires, cytochromes and chemical mediators, the ...

How do e-ink displays work? Here’s how charged pigment particles, electric fields and bistability turn electronic screens ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In a laboratory 2 kilometers underground, a crane lowers Matt Depatie, a detector technologist, through a hatch into a white-walled ...

Action potential is the electrical signal that lets neurons communicate, and this concise neuroscience lesson breaks down how ...

But the Z machine is crucial for Clark’s work. She suggests that during the early, chaotic days of Earth’s formation, melted rock inside the planet trapped and held onto water — counter to the origin ...

Corporate restructurings and AI use have automated away many of the repetitive tasks junior staffers used to do, like drafting reports or pulling data into spreadsheets. That’s freeing them from a lot ...

The 2026 Presidents Cup takes place this week at Medinah Country Club in Chicago, as 12 of the best golfers from the U.S. take on 12 international stars in a four-day match play competition, beginning ...

The body keeps a core temperature of about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit for health. Thermoreceptors in the skin and body send temperature information to the hypothalamus. Hyperthermia occurs when the body ...