Science & Tech

Optogenetic scientists awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg NagelI are the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dedicated ...

Because menopause is a stress test for the brain

Changes in blood proteins during menopause indicate the possible origins of brain fog, and how to prevent future risk of ...

Fever in newborns: a quick blood test distinguishes viral and bacterial infections

New parents know this: when the body temperature of a child who is less than three months old reaches or ...

Reversing type 2 diabetes is possible: exercise and a low-calorie diet are the winning combination

Training and a low-calorie diet have led to remission in half of the cases of early-onset type 2 diabetes, a ...

Instagram changes again: the app could open directly on Reels

Instagram could put Reels at the center instead of the photo feed. From automatic editing to an algorithm increasingly similar ...

Fantasy scenarios: what if instead of the moon there was a black hole?

Without the moon, nightlife would change and there would be no Apollo missions. But perhaps we would have accelerated the ...

Black diamonds: a theory explains their origins between cosmic impacts and the bowels of the Earth

Carbonado diamonds are porous, billion-year-old stones. Their birth dates back to an ancient impact that would have triggered rapid subduction ...

Voice is an accurate clock of how we age

A machine learning-based “speech clock” analyzes hundreds of speech parameters to measure brain, cognitive and social aging. There is a ...

The Harvest Moon between Nicosia and Etna: an Italian shot chosen by NASA as photo of the day

A composite shot, immortalized in Sicily, shows the rising of the full Moon between the Belt of Venus and the ...