Author name: houssem23

A surgeon holds a suture in their hands, while another cuts the suture with scissors.

New electric stitches use muscle movement to speed healing

houssem23 / October 22, 2024

Stitching is getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment with mice, a new strong and flexible thread accelerated wound healing […]

$An image taken under a microscope shows two phytoplankton, one at bottom left a fraction of the size of the one in the center of the image. The single-celled organisms swell to the larger size, allowing them to rise up the water column in the ocean.$

Genetics

How tiny phytoplankton travel long distances up the ocean

houssem23 / October 22, 2024

It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton traveling from the deep sea

A bright light streaks across a starry, rosy-purple night sky on the left side of this image. An array of many radio telescopes are seen in the foreground.

Space

The cataclysmic origin of most of Earth’s meteorites has been found

houssem23 / October 22, 2024

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be traced back to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and