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A child who got CAR-T cancer therapy is still disease-free 18 years later

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​science news​​​ By Andrea Tamayo     About 18 years ago, a 4-year-old girl with a rare nerve cell cancer received an infusion of immune cells that were genetically engineered to →

Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how

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​science news​​​ By Alex Viveros     The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is perhaps most famous for entombing the Roman city of Pompeii. But in nearby Herculaneum, also →

More brainlike computers could change AI for the better

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​science news​​​ By Kathryn Hulick     The tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans has a brain just about the width of a human hair. Yet this animal’s itty-bitty organ coordinates and →

New study explains why is Mars red

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​africa news​​​ By Rédaction Africanews  and AP     For years, spacecraft have been studying Mars, revealing ancient signs of lakes and rivers that suggest the planet once →

Ancient Mars wasn’t just wet. It was cold and wet

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science news​​​​ By Skyler Ware     Frigid water helped paint Mars red and may have shaped a vast coastline, two new studies into the planet’s history reveal. →

How fish biologists discovered birds of paradise have fluorescent feathers

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​science news​​​ By Susan Milius     With flashy feathers and fancy moves, birds of paradise are already known for extravagant looks. But a trick that boosts that zing has been →

Research breakthrough in China's quantum direct communication marks potential transition from theory to real-life implication

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​global times​​​ By Global Times     Chinese researchers proposed a one-way quasi-QSDC (quantum secure direct communication) protocol with single photons and successfully →

Even desert cities could pull drinking water from the air

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​science news​​​     By  Carolyn Gramling     Rural communities in arid regions have harvested tiny droplets of fog for years as a source of fresh drinking →

‘Uncertain, anxious, fearful.’ That’s the mood at 2025’s first big U.S. science meeting

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​science news​​​ By Lisa Grossman     BOSTON — The official theme of the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held February 13–15, is “Science →

Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers

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​science news​​​ By Sid Perkins     Even though immense rains repeatedly pummeled California in 2023, they barely helped recharge aquifers drawn down by decades of drought and →

A bacteria-based Band-Aid helps plants heal their wounds

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​science news​​​ By Javier Barbuzano     Got a plant with a boo-boo? Try a plant Band-Aid.     A pure form of cellulose produced by bacteria can act as a plant →

Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly

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​science news​​​ By Meghan Rosen     Large swaths of Earth may soon be too hot for humans to handle.     As early as mid-century, roughly a billion hectares of →

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