sciencedaily.com / .sciencedaily-com-most-popular

Patients who undergo tummy tuck surgery may be in for more than just cosmetic changes -- a new study shows they often keep losing weight for years after the procedure. Researchers followed 188 patients and found consistent weight reduction up to five ...

Danish and Welsh botanists sifted through 400 studies, field-tested seed mixes, and uncovered a lineup of native and exotic blooms that both thrill human eyes and lure bees and hoverflies in droves, offering ready-made recipes for transforming lawns, ...

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells "whisper" through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins that make our ears ultrasensitive. By syncing these micro-movements, the cells choreograph the embryo's shape, a dance captured ...

Scientists have finally uncovered a quantum counterpart to Carnot's famed second law, showing that entanglement--once thought stubbornly irreversible--can be shuffled back and forth without loss if you plug in a clever "entanglement battery."

Researchers have developed an ultra-thin drumhead-like membrane that lets sound signals, or phonons, travel through it with astonishingly low loss, better than even electronic circuits. These near-lossless vibrations open the door to new ways of ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider's genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body--with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen--may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed DNA map shows this ancient creature evolved ...

When you're mentally exhausted, your brain might be doing more behind the scenes than you think. In a new study using functional MRI, researchers uncovered two key brain regions that activate when people feel cognitively fatigued--regions that appear ...

Feeling jittery as the week kicks off isn't just a mood--it leaves a biochemical footprint. Researchers tracked thousands of older adults and found those who dread Mondays carry elevated cortisol in their hair for months, a stress echo that may help ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica's Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds, drives the destruction, and mapped "pinning ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still yield fruit--hinting at a delicious new weapon in . ...