In just a few months this year, abnormally low water levels in rivers led China to shut down factories, and…
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A biodegradable glider based on the seeds of the Javan cucumber, which float for long distances, could be used to…
In one way or another, Thomas Gooch has spent more than 30 years struggling with illegal drugs. The 52-year-old Nashville,…
A tube of “fossilized lightning” from Nebraska’s Sandhills holds a rare type of quasicrystal that had previously only been found…
A U.S. company is designing a large battery that it says could help decarbonize the nation’s power sector more cheaply…
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Credit: Emma Simoni, Texas A&M AgriLIfe A Texas A&M AgriLife researcher is taking a page out of human disease research…
Postbiotics are the newest gut health trend promising to improve our skin, boost our strength and even reverse signs of…
Nowadays, the best fitness trackers are equipped with a host of useful features that can track sleep, calculate calories burned,…
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Daubenton’s bats use false vocal folds in their throat to produce a lower frequency grunt for communication – the same…
A simple breeding experiment can identify genetic variants that make plants grow well without impeding their neighbours, improving overall yields…
Up-converting NIR light detection of lead halide perovskite deviceA perovskite-based photodetecting device for near-infrared(NIR) light was prepared by using perovskite…
For all of its faults, 2022 was arguably the greatest year for space observation in human history.With the launch of…
The Mauna Loa Observatory has kept a nearly uninterrupted record of atmospheric carbon dioxide for more than 60 years, but…
While the world focuses on limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius over the preindustrial…
A large study that focused on whether exercise and mindfulness training could boost cognitive function in older adults found no…
If you want to see an alien creature then stop searching the cosmos and take a trip to the bottom…
When it comes to fossils, dinosaurs usually dominate the headlines. But many amazing and scientifically important non-dino fossil discoveries get…
In a small trial, an experimental medicine was 100 per cent effective at ridding the parasite that causes sleeping sickness…
At corporations and organizations like universities, policies meant to promote equity, diversity and inclusion are being used to enhance wealth…
Explorers have scaled the planet’s highest peak and trawled its deepest ocean trench, yet Earth is still teeming with secrets…
The population of Union Island geckos plummeted due to growing demand from the illegal international pet trade, but conservationists working…
While the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) frequently…
Credit: Shutterstock/Sheryl Watson Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tons of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of…
The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of…
From a distance, they looked like clouds of dust. Yet, the swarm of microrobots in author Michael Crichton’s bestseller “Prey”…
Short-term, heavy feeding by adult spotted lanternflies on young maple trees inhibits photosynthesis, potentially impairing the tree’s growth by up…
The bacterium Yersinia pestis causes frequent outbreaks that kill people, but a new vaccine based on cutting edge technology has…