Permafrost alone holds back Arctic rivers — and a lot of carbon
New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic’s frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth’s northernmost rivers. Permafrost, the thick layer...
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Study shows that Rio Grande Rise was once a giant mineral-rich tropical island near Brazil
A study led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has shown that the Rio Grande Rise (RGR), a possibly continental...
Intensifying the production of high-value compounds from industrial waste
A study by the Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (CiTOS, Univerisity of Liège) demonstrates how glycerol carbonate, a biosourced industrial additive, can be...
France’s National Center for Scientific Research and U.S. Department of Energy sign ‘Statement of Interest’ on EIC collaboration
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives of France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a new “Statement of Interest” in...
Human cells building ‘molecular highways’ captured for first time
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid have captured the world’s first...
New approach to the design of therapies that enhance the effect of cholesterol-lowering drugs
A research team based at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid and Aarhus University in Denmark has identified an important mechanism that...
Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry
Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year. The sun’s ultraviolet light and ocean turbulence break down these plastics into invisible nanoparticles...
Zebrafish navigate to find their comfortable temperature
All animals need to regulate their body temperature and cannot survive for long if it gets too high or too low. Warm-blooded organisms like humans...
IU surgeon-scientist studying physiological effect of microorganisms in sinuses of chronic rhinosinusitis patients
INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana University School of Medicine surgeon-scientist is leading a multi-institutional grant investigating the role of the sinus microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis, an inflammatory disease that causes the lining of the...
Short X-ray pulses reveal the source of light-induced ferroelectricity in SrTiO3
Mid-infrared and terahertz frequency laser pulses are powerful tools to manipulate the properties of quantum materials through tailored modifications of their crystal structure. Light-induced ferroelectricity...
Government Chief Scientific Adviser opens ground-breaking lab facility
New state-of-the-art microscopes will revolutionise UK research into tiny chemical and natural particles as small as one-eightieth of the width of a human hair, and...
New energy justice index casts spotlight on energy transition in the Global South
Can the transition to a zero-carbon society in the Global South propel sustainable development? A team led by scientists from the Research Institute for Sustainability...
A positive spin—electrospinning and electrospraying synergism for the nanomaterials industry
Combining these two twins-tech, electrospinning and electrospraying, to fabricate novel nanomaterials is an urgent area of research for materials scientists and biomedical engineers, according to...
Researchers develop highly efficient heat-driven thermoacoustic refrigerator
Researchers led by Prof. LUO Ercang from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have...
The ShAPE of buildings to come: Scrap aluminum transforms recycling life cycle
RICHLAND, Wash.—The circular economy just closed the loop on scrap aluminum, thanks to a new patent-pending technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest...