Technology
High Capital Costs Limit Renewable Energy’s Global Climate Mitigation Impact
A new global analysis has found that the climate benefits of renewable energy depend on a financial variable often hidden...
Survey reveals what people really think about generative AI
Reddit’s Four-Year AI Debate Reveals a Public Torn Between Trust and Distrust Generative artificial intelligence has become one of the...
Where to Prioritize Cropland Restoration: Integrating Natural, Economic, and Spatial Stability
The question of where to restore cultivated land is becoming increasingly urgent as cities expand, soils degrade and climate pressures...
GPS Study Shows Barred Owl Management Gives Spotted Owls a Fighting Chance
BLUE LAKE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2026 — An invasive owl is occupying the same ancient forests that northern spotted owls...
From Cabozantinib to Zanzalintinib: Chemical Tweaks Open New Frontier in Product Hopping
For decades, the pharmaceutical industry’s most familiar strategy for extending the commercial life of a successful medicine has been to...
US Visa Bureaucracy Imposes an Invisible Tax on International Scholars
For international scientists, the cost of working in the United States is often measured in laboratory rent, research materials and...
Cord Blood Cytokine Patterns May Guide Early Autism Interventions
A newborn’s first blood sample may one day offer scientists an early view of how the developing brain has been...
One-step catalyst synthesis converts carbon dioxide into useful methane
Carbon dioxide is often described as a waste product, but researchers are developing increasingly practical ways to turn it into...
Chonnam National University study finds environmental responsibility boosts financial performance
Consumers may be turning sustainability into a measurable force in corporate finance. A new analysis of 579 publicly listed South...
Arizona Water Imports Compared: Sea of Cortez Desalination vs Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Arizona’s water future may hinge on a choice between two radically different ways of importing moisture into one of the...
Solving the Puzzle of Early Acute Kidney Injury After Pediatric Heart Surgery
Acute kidney injury is one of the most common and consequential complications faced by children after heart surgery, yet it...
Dresden Researchers Unveil Open-Source Tool Automating Lipid Data Integration
LipidLibrarian Brings the Fragmented World of Lipid Data Into One Open Platform For decades, lipid researchers have faced a deceptively...
New framework measures equitable access to metropolitan green space across scales
Across the world’s largest cities, a quiet competition is unfolding over one of the most valuable resources in urban life:...
Child Brain Tumor Survivors Face Acute Kidney Injury During Treatment
A child may survive a brain tumor and still face a second, less visible threat from the treatment itself: acute...
Layering atoms offers a new blueprint for designing three-dimensional quantum materials
Atomic layers are rewriting the design rules of three-dimensional quantum matter. In a study of tantalum disulfide, or TaS₂, researchers...
Molten salts enhance Fe–N–C catalysts, boosting zinc–air battery performance
A new catalyst made from iron, nitrogen and carbon has achieved a performance milestone that could help reduce the dependence...
ECU researchers uncover hidden potential for green hydrogen production
Western Australia’s Iron-Rich Rocks Could Become an Underground Hydrogen Factory Beneath the red earth of Western Australia, a mineral best...
U.S. Public Institutions Driving Cleantech Commercialization
The race to build a clean-energy economy is often described as a contest between laboratories, startups and investors. A new...
New Battery Design Promises Safer, Repairable, More Sustainable Electric Vehicles
Electric-vehicle batteries are often described as the heart of the car, but researchers are increasingly focusing on another question: how...
Can This Simple Robot Outmaneuver a Human Hand?
A robot inspired by the function of the human hand rather than its anatomy has demonstrated an unusual combination of...