Forget the gym—living longer could hinge on simple daily habits. Dr. Gareth Nye emphasizes whole-day activity, clean eating, quality sleep, and genetic awareness as the real drivers of longevity. Standing desks, frozen veggies, and knowing your family health risks might be more effective than intense workouts in boosting life expectancy and preventing chronic illness.
In a world shaped by biotechnology, why are so few college students exposed to its possibilities early on in their education? The Biotech Explorers Pathway (BEP) is changing that by immersing students in hands-on, real-world science from day one.
BEP, an interdisciplinary WashU Ampersand Program recently highlighted as a Career Feature in Nature Biotechnology, combines science, entrepreneurship, and teamwork, going beyond lecture-based courses. The program isn’t just about teaching fundamentals—it’s about preparing students to lead the next wave of biotech innovation.
A new, easily adopted, 3D-printed device will enable scientists to create models of human tissue with even greater control and complexity. An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Washington and UW Medicine led the development of the device.
3D tissue engineering, which recently has undergone other major advances in speed and accuracy, helps biomedical researchers design and test therapies for a range of diseases.
One goal of tissue engineering is to create lab-made environments that recreate the natural habitats of cells.
Google’s new AI tech, including Veo 3, Flow, and Gemini, was used to create films like Ancestra. Other AI movies are coming.
Researchers at IBM and Lockheed Martin teamed up high-performance computing with quantum computing to accurately model the electronic structure of ‘open-shell’ molecules, methylene, which has been a hurdle with classic computing over the years. This is the first demonstration of the sample-based quantum diagonalization (SQD) technique to open-shell systems, a press release said.
Quantum computing, which promises computations at speeds unimaginable by even the fastest supercomputers of today, is the next frontier of computing. Leveraging quantum states of molecules to serve as quantum bits, these computers supersede computational capabilities that humanity has had access to in the past and open up new research areas.
A revolutionary hypersonic jet concept could fly passengers from London to New York in just 45 minutes.
Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.
No one rule captures the full sweep of life’s ingenuity, yet SAI offers a fresh lens, suggesting that aging and fragility are super-powers.
Impulse Space has signed an agreement with satellite operator SES to transport that company’s satellites to medium and geostationary orbits.
A new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder is helping researchers count seconds to ensure the world is on time.
