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June 25, 2026

For cleaner air, water, and soil

Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists...

A chemical cocktail of air pollution in Beijing, China during COVID-19 outbreak

Credit: Hao Li The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads rapidly around the world, and has limited people's outdoor activities substantially....

On-chip spin-Hall nanograting for simultaneously detecting phase and polarization singularities

Credit: Fu Feng, Guangyuan Si, Changjun Min, Xiaocong Yuan, Michael Somekh Optical singularities are key elements in modern optics and...

Super-fast AI system installed at KIT

One of the most powerful AI computer systems in Europe now supports scientists in solving humanity's problemsCredit: Photo: Simon Raffeiner...

Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water

Powerful electrochemical process destroys water contaminants, such as pesticidesCredit: Julia Ciarlini Jungers Soares, University of Sydney A team of engineers...

Princeton chemists resolve origin of perovskite instability

The source of thermodynamic instability found in "rattling" behaviorCredit: Figure by Daniel Straus Researchers in the Cava Group at the...

UC Riverside discovers first effective treatment for citrus-destroying disease

New license agreement commercializes innovative, safe technologyCredit: UCR UC Riverside scientists have found the first substance capable of controlling Citrus...

New study sparks fresh call for seagrass preservation

An increase in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 5 million cars a year has been caused by the loss of...

Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds

Microplastic fibers in the ocean impact larval lobsters at each stage of their developmentCredit: Madelyn Woods Microplastic fiber pollution in...

Nematode has potential to reduce cotton yields by 50 percent

Credit: Kathy Lawrence The reniform nematode is one of the most commonly found pests of cotton, with the ability to...

Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees

Credit: Photo by Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to...

Running in Tarahumara culture

Long distance runnersCredit: Lieberman, Daniel E. "Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Culture," just published in Current Anthropology (v61, no. 3 (June...

Liquid crystal integrated metalens for versatile color focus

Researchers integrated photo-patterned liquid crystal into a dielectric metasurface to achieve achromatic and chromatic focusing with a single metalensCredit: Image...

A different Chia-PET provides insight into prostate cancer

New research identifies hubs of interaction between short pieces of DNA that help turn genes onCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center...

Multisample technique to analyze cell adhesion

Colony-level genetics predict gentle behavior in Puerto Rican honey bees

Credit: ARS-USDA BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, July 6, 2020--Puerto Rico's population of African-European hybrid honey bees (AHB) are famously known for...

Atomic ‘Swiss army knife’ precisely measures materials for quantum computers

NIST unveils blueprint for building a three-in-one measurement tool to study quantum materials.Credit: NIST It images single atoms. It maps...

Newly discovered pathogen in NY apples causes bitter rot disease

Credit: Srdjan Goran Acimovic ITHACA, N.Y. - In a study of New York state apple orchards, Cornell University plant pathologists...

Researchers develop novel approach to modeling yet-unconfirmed rare nuclear process

Credit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams EAST LANSING, Mich. - Researchers from the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Laboratory...

Leap in lidar could improve safety, security of new technology