Researchers around the world are working to develop efficient materials to convert CO2 into usable chemical substances — work that…
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Irrigating more land could help feed 1.4 billion people, but over half of new irrigation projects are in places that…
Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch or clam-digger’s itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are…
Rhododendron meadows cover China’s Hengduan mountains. Credit: Qin Li A big part of evolution is competition— when there are limited…
Whether you’re working on the backend of stunning website or building the next hit video game, our list of the…
A two-pronged approach to imaging breast density in mice, developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, resulted in…
Florida is bracing for impact as Hurricane Ian barrels toward the state’s vulnerable Gulf Coast. The storm’s exact pathway remains…
Desks are spaced apart ahead of planned in-person learning at an elementary school on March 19, 2021, in Philadelphia. The…
A comprehensive study has revealed that two-thirds of people with covid-19 are still infectious five days after symptoms begin, calling…
A Greenpeace USA study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by US households in 2021, only…
photo d’archives du Kilimandjaro, le 25 septembre 2022. L’incendie qui ravageait ses pentes depuis deux jours a été “maîtrisé”, ont…
Do dehumidifiers help with mold? It’s true — dehumidifiers can solve a wide variety of problems in an indoor environment,…
The moons Europa and Enceladus probably have global oceans buried beneath their frozen shells, and those seas may be home…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. At this point…
Illustration of the microbial electrosynthesis process whereby living microbes transform carbon dioxide into useful chemicals in an electrochemical cell via…
Two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, may impede the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar levels after eating, potentially due…
Just as optical illusions can fool the eye to present a distorted image of reality, moral illusions can fool our…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Hurricane Ian strengthened…
Longtermism, an idea that has been attracting attention lately, says that while we should help people alive today, we should…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Natural gas transported by interstate pipelines contains hazardous air pollutants and known human carcinogens, according to…
A spike in global temperatures could have been the trigger for the rise of reptiles towards the end of the…
A proposal for a computer built using liquid crystals – similar to those found in LCD TVs – would use…
A new national survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds many Americans are losing sleep over stress…
A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a novel approach for comparing neural networks that looks within the…
The phrase five states of matter is a term to describe everything that makes up the “stuff” in the universe…
The findings provide preliminary evidence about how quickly crops bred for single-species, or ‘monoculture’, settings can adapt to growing with…
In new studies published in Physical Review Letters and a special issue of Classical and Quantum Gravity on September 14,…
(a) Schematic of entangled twin photons as ultrafast probe for molecules, where the parametric down conversion through a beta barium…
When Hurricane Ian slammed into Lee County, Florida, as a near-Category 5 storm last month, it left in its wake…
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish…