Polymer coating cools down buildings
With temperatures rising and heat-waves disrupting lives around the world, cooling solutions are becoming ever more essential. This is a critical issue especially in...
New, highly stable catalyst may help turn water into fuel
Breaking the bonds between oxygen and hydrogen in water could be a key to the creation of hydrogen in a sustainable manner, but finding...
Cold severity linked to bacteria living in your nose
In news with several layers of weird, researchers have determined that the mix of bacteria that live inside your nose -- yes, there are...
A self-powered heart monitor taped to the skin
Scientists have developed a human-friendly, ultra-flexible organic sensor powered by sunlight, which acts as a self-powered heart monitor. Previously, they developed a flexible photovoltaic...
PCB pollution threatens to wipe out killer whales
More than forty years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, the chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to...
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space?
All living beings need cells and energy to replicate. Without these fundamental building blocks, living organisms on Earth would not be able to reproduce...
How some algae may survive climate change
Green algae that evolved to tolerate hostile and fluctuating conditions in salt marshes and inland salt flats are expected to survive climate change, thanks...
One black hole or two? Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic...
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), believe clouds of dust, rather than twin black holes, can explain the features found in...
Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization
Tulane University researchers, documenting the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala through the use of jungle-penetrating Lidar (light detection and ranging)...
Plasma thruster: New space debris removal technology
The Earth is currently surrounded by debris launched into space over several decades. This space junk can collide with satellites, causing damage and creating...
Fossil evidence of large flowering trees in N. America 15 millions years earlier
A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part...
