Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Cosmic bombardment may have opened Earth's crust for prebiotic chemistry
Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean and Archean eons. Because few rocks...
Super sponge can remove toxic dyes from industrial wastewater
Colors brighten our lives and help define countless items we use daily—from the vibrant clothes we wear to decorative paper and packaging materials. What adds d...
How plants survive constant DNA damage: Newly identified repair protein protects growth-critical stem cells
Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases such as cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development and survival in plants. Every day, plants...
Despite toxic reputation, our research shows podcasts can help men's mental health
Over the last decade, podcasts have become big business, with more than a fifth of UK adults listening to podcasts each week. The format particularly resonates...
River wildlife moves freely once dams are removed, but so too can invasive species
Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, such as dams and weirs, is a popular...
Peptide blocks DNA breaks tied to treatment-induced leukemia, offering new prevention route
Thanks to effective therapies, more and more people are now able to live with or after cancer in the long term. Consequently, the number of patients affected by...
Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky
From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt, and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, northern Bol...
'The Real Scoreline' reveals the nations facing climate penalties
As nations prepare to compete on the global stage this summer, researchers at the University of Reading have created a different kind of scoreboard that shows w...
Cloud-tested quantum noise model predicts superconducting qubit errors with sevenfold better accuracy
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have developed a practical, c...
Satellites reveal cities' 'urban pulse,' tracking neighborhood growth in near real time
For over a century, doctors have used electrocardiograms (EKGs) to render the invisible electrical activity of the human heart visible, using the pulse to diagn...
Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon through the Artemis program and ultimately send humans to Mars highlight just how far space exploration has come....
Aerosols may warm or cool the climate depending on timing, new study finds
A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges a long-held assumption in climate science by showing that aerosols—tiny particles suspended in th...