Cutting planet-warming pollution to near-zero will take more than inventing new clean technologies—it will require changing how the world invests in them. That’s especially true for industries like aviation.
Why do some of the body’s most important cells — like those in the brain and heart — age, even though they never divide? Chemical and nano engineering professor Zeinab Jahed has received a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund to help answer this question.
Scientists have long wanted to get a closer look at the movement of lipids around a cell, but it’s tough to visualize with traditional light microscopy. UC San Diego researchers have unveiled a new technology with the power to see cells in unprecedented detail.
What happens when Warren Buffett steps away from Berkshire Hathaway? Can the company’s famously decentralized culture endure without its legendary founder? And what lessons from Buffett’s approach to business and trust will guide the next generation of leaders?
A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene mutation may have protected modern human brains.
Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate convoluted paths and fragile environments.
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