Why chocolate tastes so good: microbes that fine-tune its flavour Summary Scientists have found that the microbes, pH and temperature during cocoa-bean fermentation strongly influence chocolate’s flavour profile. By sampling…
Why nurturing the gut microbiota could resolve depression and anxiety Summary Andrew Moseson experienced treatment-resistant depression for years and reported rapid, transformative improvement after a faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in…
Raw ingredients: turning algal protein into mock meat Summary This interview profiles Stefan Guldin, a materials scientist and co-director of Proteins4Singapore, who has moved from biosensors and photonics into developing…
A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive Summary Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 is the latest snapshot of the GNU project’s Hurd-based Debian port. This release delivers a working…
Everybody needs good neighbours – especially ones who sell you solar energy Summary Researchers studying the Australian solar ecosystem find peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing between households can be more profitable…
Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel Summary Los Alamos physicist Terence Tarnowsky has simulated a method to produce tritium — a scarce, costly…
Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacentres in 2030 Summary Kairos Power, with backing from Google and in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), plans to bring…
5% of Americans are Cancer Survivors – and They’re Living Longer Summary The Wall Street Journal (via Slashdot) reports that more than 18 million people in the United States are…
A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive Summary Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 is a new snapshot of the long‑running Hurd project, bringing notable progress: a working x86‑64 edition…
Everybody needs good neighbours – especially ones who sell you solar energy Summary Researchers in Australia modelled how peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing between households with solar panels can outperform selling…
