Scientific discoveries and research
There's a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips. Researchers have spent decades developing potatoes for chip makers that can grow in a...
Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) aims to artificially...
Cells constantly probe their environments, searching for physical cues that guide their behavior. And yet a cell's response to its environment is alwa...
Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many populations have historically...
An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramati...
A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science's most successful theories, hinting at u...
Reuse systems, as a model to reduce plastic pollution, are beginning to emerge across the world but remain constrained by fragmented policies, weak fi...
Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising...
Plasma, the fourth state of matter, consists of a gas in which electrons are no longer bound to atoms, which allows electricity to flow freely. When b...
Australian scientists have developed an injectable therapy that helps clear blocked airways in flat-faced dogs. Melbourne-based biotechnology company...
Every year on 21 April, World Creativity and Innovation Day invites us to celebrate human ingenuity. Traditionally, that meant celebrating creativity...
A humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea for more than three weeks has become the focus of a complex debate about r...
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