Double-walled nanotubes have electro-optical advantages
Rice University theorists have calculated flexoelectric effects in double-walled carbon nanotubes. The electrical potential (P) of atoms…
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A ‘silver bullet’ against climate change?
Three-spined sticklebacks are used as model organisms in this study. Credit: M. Heckwolf, GEOMAR The current pace…
Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years
Banner Image: The Sun is Earth’s primary power source. Energy from the Sun, called solar irradiance, drives…
How sensory pollution impacts animal survival
Golf course in the Ogden, Utah area with wildlife warnings posted. Outdoor lighting can influence animal movement,…
Microplastic fibers linked to respiratory, reproductive changes in fish
These are Japanese medaka fish used in a new study that found microplastic fibers cause severe cell…
Researchers find evidence of a cosmic impact that caused destruction of one of the world’s earliest human settlements
Location of Abu Hureyra (adapted from Moore et al.. (a) Map of the Middle East, showing Abu…
Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle
Credit: CC0 Public Domain One of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics these days is a tiny subatomic…
Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin, scientists say
Killer whales in Antarctica, as shown here, often display a yellow coloration due to diatom accumulation on…
Brain cells protect muscles from wasting away
The head of a roundworm, C. elegans. The glia that regulate the stress response in the worm’s…
Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador’s biodiversity during the Cretaceous
Maculaferrum blaisi, described in a study published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, is the first hemipteran insect (true…
Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green
The Singapore Airshow was powered by solar panels From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something…
Argentine researchers find distant Tyrannosaurus relative
The new dinosaur is called Tralkasaurus, which means “thunder reptile” in the indigenous Mapuche language common in…
Jellyfish can sting swimmers, prey with ‘mucus grenades’
Three Cassiopea, or upside-down jellyfish, from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean seen from above in the lab at the…
Researchers look to fungus to shed light on cancer
Graduate student Ananya Sengupta (l) and Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry James Frederich found that a…
Researchers can guess your age based on your microbes
The makeup of microbial communities residing on your skin and elsewhere, your ‘microbiota age,’ can now be…
Food-share apps seeking to help environment
Users of apps like Karma can pick up left over food from restaurants at cut-rate prices, an…
All about the laser (and microphone) atop Mars 2020, NASA’s next rover
Mars 2020’s mast, or “head,” includes a laser instrument called SuperCam that can vaporize rock material and…
Arctic ice melt is changing ocean currents
Arctic sea ice was photographed in 2011 during NASA’s ICESCAPE mission, or “Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems…
New details on how a viral protein puts the brakes on virus replication
Researchers described the results as “surprising,” and said the findings have implications for future vaccine and antiviral…
Multiple eco-crises could trigger ‘systemic collapse’: scientists
Scientists worry especially that rising temperatures could tip the planet’s climate system into a self-perpetuating spiral of…
Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other
Sand dune in experimental flume setup. Credit: University of Cambridge Even though they are inanimate objects, sand…
How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s finches one of the most diverse species
Main coordinated changes in both the shape of the beak and the shape of the skull found…
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
A major source of marine pollution—microscopic bits of polyester, nylon and acrylic—has up to now gone largely…
Relative of extinct tortoise located in Galapagos
Lonely George, the last giant tortoise of the Pinta species, is seen at Galapagos National Park on…
New research takes a step toward ending that
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When an infected tsetse fly bites humans or other mammals to feed on…
Modern Africans and Europeans may have more Neanderthal ancestry than previously thought
A team of Princeton researchers led by Joshua Akey found that that African individuals have considerably more…
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
Researchers from Lund University developed an imaging method that provides an unprecedented view of sprays such as…
For hottest planet, a major meltdown, study shows
Artist’s rendering of a “hot Jupiter” called KELT-9b, the hottest known exoplanet – so hot, a new…
