The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier Read More
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Algae-based systems improve wastewater recycling for rural and regional communities
Rising rural populations, drought and climate change are making water scarcity a problem in country townships—with more efficient handling of sewage system wastewater part of the solution. Summary Many rural townships face increasing water Read More
Some of the most encouraging results for reaction-enhancing catalysts come from one material in particular: tin (Sn). While Sn’s overall utility as a catalyst is well-known, its underlying structure-performance relationship is poorly understood, which Read More
Aquarium makes history in first-of-its-kind procedure for Kimalu, a beluga
Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. On Tuesday, July 1, Kimalu, who was born at Shedd, underwent a first-of-its-kind surgery to remove a Read More
All-in-one smart nanomaterial shows promise for cancer diagnosis, treatment and
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has successfully developed a nanomaterial capable of simultaneously performing cancer diagnosis, treatment, and immune response induction. Compared to conventional nanomaterials that only perform one function, this new Read More
Loofah-like polymer can filter viruses while adapting flexibility with pH
Porous materials have a wide range of applications due to their capacity to act as filters, or lightweight structural materials that use less material than a solid substance. Researchers, including those from the University of Read More
NASA’s newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now settled into low-Earth orbit, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the universe, Epoch of Read More
I’ve always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don’t have a regular crystal structure. Unlike crystals, where we understand plasticity through things like dislocations, amorphous materials like Read More
At the frontier between two lives—the evolutionary origins of pregnancy
An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how specialized cell types and communication networks at the interface between mother and fetus evolved over millions of Read More
TaIrTe₄ photodetectors show promise for highly sensitive room-temperature THz sensing
Terahertz radiation (THz), electromagnetic radiation with frequencies ranging between 0.1 and 10 THz, could be leveraged to develop various new technologies, including imaging and communication systems. So far, however, a lack of fast and sensitive detectors that Read More