
Animals
The scent of queen ‘murder hornets’ can lure males into traps
Traps baited with compounds found in the mating pheromone of hornet queens attracted thousands of males.
Traps baited with compounds found in the mating pheromone of hornet queens attracted thousands of males.
Scientists are using living cells and tissue as building blocks to make robots. These new machines challenge ideas about robots and life itself.
Quantum sensors like this one could monitor magma beneath volcanoes or uncover archaeological artifacts.
It’s made by pressure-cooking sawdust and water, is cheap and easy to make — and could lead to greener cleaning products than chemicals used today.
Doctor Erica Esrick discusses existing treatments and an ongoing clinical trial for a gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease.
Finalists in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search are revamping prostheses, earthquake safety systems and air travel.
Researchers have developed a liquid metal that breaks down carbon dioxide in the air, converting it from a climate threat into a valuable raw material.
Analyzing these genetic residues in air offers a new way to study animals. It could give scientists a chance to monitor rare or hard to find animals.
Instead of warming the climate, methane gas can be collected to help farmers. Along the way, it may also save some fish.
Researchers have developed a camera the size of a coarse grain of salt that takes amazingly clear photos.