Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Researchers recreate a lost Ming Dynasty goldworking technique to make replica royal jewelry
Chinese goldsmiths working during the Ming Dynasty were masters of their craft, capable of creating intricate and elaborate jewelry pieces. The evidence is ther...
Tax-avoiding firms more likely to greenwash, analysis of 391 ASX companies suggests
Businesses today face growing dual pressures to deliver strong financial performance while also demonstrating environmental and social responsibility. New resea...
Long-lived radio outburst from black hole exhibits properties of the early universe
Short-lived sources of radio radiation in the sky, known as radio transients, can originate in the vicinity of supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxi...
Narrow time windows shaped passage for salmon, trout and lamprey at Haringvliet sluices, 18-year analysis shows
A new study published in Movement Ecology describes how migratory fish passed through the Haringvliet Sluices before the introduction of Kierbeheer (the partial...
JWST discovers a new barred spiral galaxy
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new massive barred spiral galaxy. The newfound galaxy, designated M1149-BSG-z5, was identified u...
Study demonstrates neurotransmitter communication in immune cells directly for the first time
Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use cate...
How transformative competencies can be integrated into existing degree programs
Enabling people to reflect critically on societal changes and participate in meeting major challenges is the purpose of teaching transformative competencies. In...
Fighting an emerging threat to strawberry crops
A few years ago, Austin Wrenn noticed something unsettling in his strawberry greenhouses at Wrenn's Farm in Zebulon, North Carolina. He was one of the first gro...
Natural born killers—tracking immune cells as they cluster around cancer
There is a constant war going on in your body. Working against you are viruses and cancer cells growing uncontrollably, threatening your tissues and organs. Fig...
The discovery of an ancient child's skull sheds light on the early prehistoric farmers of Norway
Researchers from the University of Bergen have uncovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old child in a cave site on Norway's west coast. "The find offers rare and...
How a new fungal genome-editing tool could open fresh paths to cancer treatments
Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomi...
NASA's Hubble spots star-spangled cosmic scene
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniver...