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Scientists have progressed from merely provoking an anti-cancer immune response to designing it

Cancer Immunotherapy: From Nineteenth-Century Beginnings to Modern Breakthroughs Scientists have progressed from merely provoking an anti-cancer immune response to designing it.

By studying the geometry of model space-times, researchers offer alternative views of the universe’s first moments.

Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang | Quanta Magazine

It's an exciting time for the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. Thanks to cutting-edge observatories, instruments, and new techniques, scientists are getting closer to experimentally verifying theories that remain largely untested.

Radical NASA Study Says This Spacecraft Formation Could Reveal New Physics It's an exciting time for the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology.

In a new study, published in the journal New Phytologist, a team of scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have, for the first time, predicted the extinction risk of all 328,565 known species of flowering plants.

Scientists predict the extinction risk for all the world's plants with AI

Parkinson's disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease, affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 10 million individuals worldwide.

New research challenges conventional picture of Parkinson's disease | ASU News Parkinson's disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease, affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 10 million individuals worldwide. Each year, close to 90,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease are diagnosed in the U.S.

Researchers from Oregon State University have published the results of a four-year study demonstrating how one person can control hundreds of drones alone

We are Legion: One person 'swarm commander' can now control 100 drones Oregon State University research shows that one person can supervise over 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots without being overburdened.

Blueberries, which make an amazing melt-in-your-mouth accompaniment to pancakes, get their observably blue color from pigments called anthocyanins. But these pigments are not blue.

It is simply how the light bounces off of a blueberry and into our eyes and is interpreted by our brain, which says it is blue!

Scientists have finally discovered what makes blueberries blue Tiny external structures in the wax coating of blueberries give them their blue colour, researchers at the University of Bristol reveal.

The length of time that quantum bits (qubits) retain their quantum nature is crucial for quantum computing because it determines the number and complexity of computations they can perform. For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that increasing this so-called coherence time meant protecting qubits from each other and from external perturbations. Now, however, researchers at Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institute, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne have turned this idea on its head by showing that some qubits can survive for longer periods in a noisy environment

Long-lived qubits survive as 'islands' in a noisy environment – Physics World Discovery could aid the development of quantum computing architectures in which qubits are implanted randomly into a host matrix

Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new research reports. One has not yet been peer-reviewed, and characterizes a special kind of RNA virus that was found in the human mouth and gut. In another, unrelated new study that was reported in Nature Microbiology, scientists have described a novel RNA virus that was isolated from unique microbes that thrive in hot, acidic springs. These so-called thermoacidophilic bacteria host a virus that the researchers named HsRV.

New Types of RNA Viruses are Discovered in Strange Places | Cell And Molecular Biology Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new | Cell And Molecular Biology

January's best science images include a mysterious exploding star and lounging grey seals

Mysterious exploding star and more — January’s best science images The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

Days after a wildfire, a type of smoke can linger in the atmosphere that contains tiny, brown, light-absorbing particles known as tar balls. These particles are believed to have a significant impact on Earth's radiative balance, and as a result, a role in both the warming and cooling of the atmosphere.

EMSL, Michigan Tech Scientists Reveal How Tar Particles from Wildfire Smoke Absorb and Refract Solar Radiation, Light in Atmosphere | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Research has important insights regarding wildfire influence on climate change

Are conspiracy theories popular because of their creativity? A new study suggests that certain common elements present in conspiracy theory narratives might help explain the successful spread of these beliefs. Publishing their work in the Journal of Creative Behavior, researchers have found that while conspiracy theory narratives tend to lack the fluidity and flexibility typically associated with truly creative works, they do exhibit certain features of creativity.

Innovative but inflexible: The paradox of conspiracy theory language A study in the Journal of Creative Behavior finds that conspiracy theories show creativity in forming unique, complex linguistic compounds, but lack flexibility and diversity in their usage.