Science
Scientific discoveries and research
A new antimicrobial for cleaning and sanitizing dry-food processing equipment
Efforts to prevent pathogenic contaminations such as salmonella in dry food processing facilities will take a step forward through new research from the Univers...
Increasing the share of organic farming leads to healthier, more diverse soils, international study finds
An international team led by University of Alicante (UA) scientists has found that increasing the share of organic farming may improve crop yields and help main...
Terahertz spin waves can be converted into computer signals, study shows
What will the computers of tomorrow look like? Chances are good that spintronics will play a decisive role in the next generation of computers. In spintronics,...
Diverse C-terminal variation rewires protein stability in health and disease
Proteins are the tiny machines that keep our cells running, and how long they last in the cell often determines how well they can do their job. One important pa...
AI rebuilds molecules from exploding fragments
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recr...
How two dim stars came together to shine brightly
Brown dwarfs get a bad rap in the stellar world, often labeled as "failed stars" for their inability to sustain nuclear fusion at their cores. The mass of these...
What makes a genus real? Scientists use tree bats to evaluate a testable '2 Sigma Genus Concept'
Dr. Amy Baird, Professor of Biology at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), and her colleagues are seeking to change the attitude of biologists toward the...
Across Europe, warm-adapted plants spread as cold specialists retreat
An international study shows how climate change is reshaping plant communities across Europe. Published in Nature, the study analyzed a unique database of more...
Polymer composite method cuts micro-voids to boost conductivity
Modern portable and wearable electronic devices increasingly integrate high-performance components and wireless communication technologies. While this integrati...
Drought hits gulf fisheries, sparking food security fears
A severe and prolonged U.S. drought in the late 1980s played a central role in one of the largest fisheries declines ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, accord...
Building trust in the future of quantum computing
Quantum computers could solve certain problems that would take traditional classical computers an impractically long time to solve. At the Japan Advanced Instit...
Finding Easter eggs in entertainment boosts enjoyment and fan behavior, study finds
If you've watched popular movies or television shows in the last decade, there's a good chance you've found an Easter egg or two: not an actual brightly colored...