• Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight. • The breakthrough offers
• Fish study shows siblings shape early social skills more than just number of peers. • Researchers separated sibling count from interaction quality to isolate effects. • Findings
• Largest prehistoric mass killing in Europe uncovered at Gomolava burial sites, Serbia, dating to the Iron Age. • More than 77 remains were recovered, with the majority identified
• U.S. federal administration has stepped back from leading climate action, weakening global momentum. • International government efforts to curb warming appear stalled amid policy
• DALLAS-The Space Force officer tasked with overseeing more than $24 billion in research and development spending says the Pentagon is more interested in supporting startups build
• NLP offers powerful opportunities to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-including SDG2 (Zero Hunger). • In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine
• Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny biological bubbles that carry nucleic acids and proteins between cells, playing an essential role in tissue repair, neuroprotection and immu
• Scientists have developed an adaptable materials platform that can safely and efficiently deliver a wide range of genetic medicines, an advance that could accelerate the developm
• A technology has been developed that uses robots rather than humans to evaluate the performance of newly developed catalysts. • By operating 45 times faster than manual work whil
• King’s College London researchers discovered a novel aluminum form, offering a cheaper, sustainable catalyst alternative. • The new aluminum molecules exhibit high reactivity, ca
• Egg yolk may appear runny and uniform, but on the nanoscale, it is one of the most crowded biological fluids in nature. • Packed with proteins and fats, it serves as a dense stor
• What makes one bat take risks and venture far from its roost in search of food, while another stays close to familiar, safer areas? • A new study from Tel Aviv University’s Schoo
• mRNA drugs promise transformative therapies but struggle to enter cells intact. • UConn scientists mimic viral capsid design to encapsulate mRNA in protective shells. • The engin
• When the federal government brings its toughest environmental enforcement actions against polluters, they tend to be in communities of greater wealth, not the most polluted place
• Natural muscle fibers are made up of spring-like proteins that can contract and stretch without losing their original form, dissipate mechanical energy as heat and maintain incre
• Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), in collaboration with international partners, have shown that ocean temperature patterns help limit the glo
• Phosphoric acid is a key charge transporter in biological systems and fuel cells. • Researchers at Fritz Haber Institute studied phosphoric acid dimers to probe proton transport.
• At Rice University, a research lab’s signature keepsake has helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperatures in elec
• Prussian blue, a historic pigment, now serves modern industrial roles in laundry, batteries, and antidotes. • Researchers at UChicago PME uncover new applications for Prussian bl
• Sometimes, transporting electrons from one cell to another is a team effort. • In electroactive bacteria, that team is a group of proteins that shepherds electrons forward, passi
• The Adorant figurine, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small, ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dotsLandesmuseum Wü
• Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. • According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University
• Scientists develop new method to track Earth’s greenness via center of mass calculation. • Approach uses satellite data to quantify vegetation health globally across regions. • F
• Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. • But picking out the specific impact o
• Pickup basketball and neighborhood kickball are less common now than for generations past, giving way to more organized and formal youth sports intended to help kids get ahead, a
• Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key chemical precursors to life, could have been incorporat
• Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the rest of us. • A new ‘smart lighting’ system for indoor v
• When honey bees find a good source of food, they return to their hive and perform a waggle dance. • It consists of a series of movements that communicate the direction and distan
• Scientists have observed a new microscopic mechanism enabling precise control of the magneto-optical properties of excitons in alloys of two-dimensional semiconductors. • This di
• A researcher’s keen eye and spirit of curiosity led to the discovery of a new method for cell engineering-a finding that opens doors to more sustainable sources for everything fr
• Learning to recognise birds may strengthen your cognitive reservesteve young/Alamy Learning to recognise birds may strengthen your cognitive reserve steve young/Alamy Expert bird
• An archaeological study reveals how ancient hunter-gatherer groups lived-and survived-more than a thousand years ago in the transition zone between the Pampas and Patagonia in Ar
• The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. • Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, a
• New observations of Ganymede reveal a striking similarity between the auroras on the largest moon in the solar system and those on Earth. • The international team of astrophysici
• Light powers everything from communications to sensing, yet even tiny imperfections can scatter it and weaken signals. • To address this, a team led by the University of Bath-wor
• Plastic contamination in freshwater ecosystems continues to rise, resulting in micro- and nanoparticle accumulation in the aquatic environment. • A new study by an aquatic ecolog
• Digital technologies are widely viewed as drivers of efficiency, growth, and innovation. • However, their contribution to climate change is significantly greater than previously
• UNSW engineers have tackled a longstanding problem at the heart of global agriculture: how to make urea for fertilizer without the intensity of emissions associated with fossil-f
• Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new molecule which carries DNA into biological cells, to treat or vaccinate against illnesses. • Many existing optio
• Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons; more than 400 orbit the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). • Of
• Imagine trying to design a key for a lock that is constantly changing its shape. • That is the exact challenge we face in modern drug discovery when dealing with intrinsically di
• The extraction of gas and oil by fracking-large-scale fracturing of underground rocks by injecting water, sand and additives-is generating growing concern in Argentine Patagonia.
• Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular ‘gate’ that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in
• Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star known as TIC-65910228. • Th
• Greek inscription uncovered at column base within Great Mosque of Homs. • Inscription references Temple of the sun, linked to Elagabalus, Roman emperor. • Sparks renewed debate o
• A key question in any discussion about climate is ‘How much rain fell?’ But perhaps there is an even more important one. • Like any household budget, the global water economy is
• Thick cloud cover can completely obscure the surface of the Earth from satellite view, while thinner haze and shadows distort the image of rural and urban regions. • As such, man
• In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing in an unfamiliar way. • Stems weakened, plants collaps
• An economic study calculates the effectiveness of a novel policy instrument: The underlying idea is that you are allowed to release the climate gas CO₂ into the atmosphere-but on
• Love is in the air for the vinegar fly. • Drosophila melanogaster has long been a model for understanding how brains translate sensory information into courtship behavior. • Male
• A hidden force beneath the Atlantic ripped open a 500 kilometer canyon A hidden mantle plume helped the Atlantic seafloor rip open, creating an underwater canyon system bigger th
• Illustration of the Iron Age mass grave at GomolavaSara Nylund Illustration of the Iron Age mass grave at Gomolava Sara Nylund Women and children may have been deliberately targe
• If you slipped under the covers at 2am, knowing your alarm was set for 6am, how do you think you would feel the next morning? • You may be imagining a day of aching eyes and clou
• ATemnothorax kinomuraiqueen antK. • Kinomura ATemnothorax kinomuraiqueen ant K. • Kinomura A parasitic species of ant from Japan is the first ever found to have done away with bo
• Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. • Scientists have now developed a way to silenc
• We now know how horses whinnyTierfotoagentur/E. • Hofstede/Alamy We now know how horses whinny Tierfotoagentur/E. • Hofstede/Alamy When a horse whinnies, it is making two sounds
• Adelaide University researchers have shown that pairing sniffer dogs with a simple air-sampling device could dramatically improve the detection of illegally trafficked wildlife h
• Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant’s defenses are activated. • But there’s a downside to this protectiv
• A horse’s whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. • Reporting in Current Biology, researchers demonstrate how horses produce hig
• 84 key biodiversity variables outlined to standardize Europe’s monitoring framework. • Study proposes integrated Biodiversity Observation Network (BON) as modern, scalable platfo