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Invention could solve waste management challenges on the battlefieldCredit: Courtesy University of California, Berkeley RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- With Army funding, scientists invented a...

Credit: G. Oxilia A study that appeared today on Current Biology sheds new light on the continental migrations which shaped the genetic background of all...

Credit: NASA/CXC/RIKEN/T. Sato et al.; NuSTAR: NASA/NuSTAR Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra...

Credit: Sarah Moor Using a novel molecular-data-storage technique, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have encoded a quote from Jane Austen's classic novel...

A transdisciplinary study of the dietary evolution of the first agricultural and pastoral communities in Central EuropeCredit: Photo credit: Marina Lozano Photo credit Tamás Hajdu...

New technology could steer plastics from landfills, oceans -- and into your backyard compost binCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Ting Xu Despite our efforts to...

New Space Technology Research Institute brings together multiple universities to tackle the challenges associated with electric propulsion ground testingCredit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Every few...

Reduced emissions from halving drainage depths would be equivalent to 1% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gasesCredit: Picture: Alex Cumming Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00710 Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible blood and fingerprints. However, prints...

Credit: IGDB A mechanistic understanding of brain development requires a systematic survey of neural progenitor cell types, their lineage specification and maturation of postmitotic neurons....

Polymer-eating enzymes embedded in plastic allow programmed degradationCredit: Christopher DelRe, UC Berkeley Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem...

Children living in rural America are less likely to receive preventive dental care than their urban counterparts, according to a study from investigators at the...

Next-generation inflatable buildings maintain their shape without constant input of pressureCredit: (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS) In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs when blood vessels in the lungs are blocked or destroyed, which can cause the heart to fail.Credit: Michigan medicine Screening for...

Credit: Virginia Tech Water touches virtually every aspect of human society, and all life on earth requires it. Yet, fresh, clean water is becoming increasingly...