Heather Rendulic, whose left arm was paralyzed after a series of strokes nine years ago, picks up and holds a soup can thanks to a small electrical device implanted near her spinal cord. Tim Betler/UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences By...

Senior Writer, Molecular Biology February 21, 2023 at 7:00 am A human casualty of a fictional fungal pandemic is shown in this image from the HBO series The Last of Us. Liane Hentscher/HBO Like so many others, I’ve been watching the HBO series The Last of Us. It’s a...

The pandemic has changed how people work, such as working late from home. That shift has prompted a global conversation on burnout, but researchers disagree on how to define and measure the syndrome. That makes evidence-based solutions hard to come by....

Some fungi (shown) are only found in association with bark beetles. These fungi break down tree chemicals and can entice invading bark beetles to burrow. Dineshkumar Kandasamy and Veit Grabe ( CC BY 4.0 ) By Freda Kreier February 21, 2023 at 2:24 pm Fungi may help...

To demonstrate a new milestone in quantum computer error correction, scientists made improvements to the quantum bits of Google’s quantum chip, Sycamore (two versions shown, with the newer generation on the right). Google Quantum AI By Emily Conover February 22, 2023...