Phytoplankton decline coincides with warming temperatures over the last 150 years
Virtually all marine life depends on the productivity of phytoplankton—microscopic organisms that work tirelessly at the ocean's surface to absorb the carbon dioxide that...
Lead contamination found in baby teeth of children living near Exide battery plant
Airborne lead from recycled car batteries at the Exide plant in Vernon ended up in the baby teeth of children living nearby, a USC...
Global health benefits of climate action offset costs
The price tag for cutting global emissions may seem expensive, until the human toll of deaths from air pollution and climate change are factored...
Quantum computing with graphene plasmons
A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms could lead to new designs for optical quantum computers. Physicists from the...
Telescopes in space for even sharper images of black holes
Astronomers have just managed to take the first image of a black hole, and now the next challenge facing them is how to take...
Twisting whirlpools of electrons
In Jules Verne's famous classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the iconic submarine Nautilus disappears into the Moskenstraumen, a massive whirlpool off the coast of...
Could this rare supernova resolve a longstanding origin debate?
Detection of a supernova with an unusual chemical signature by a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier—and including Carnegie's Nidia Morrell, Anthony...
Radical desalination approach may disrupt the water industry
Hypersaline brines—water that contains high concentrations of dissolved salts and whose saline levels are higher than ocean water—are a growing environmental concern around the...
Ancient ritual bundle contained multiple psychotropic plants
A thousand years ago, Native Americans in South America used multiple psychotropic plants—possibly simultaneously—to induce hallucinations and altered consciousness, according to an international team...
Experimental device generates electricity from the coldness of the universe
The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a device on Earth facing...
Banana disease boosted by climate change
Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows.
Black Sigatoka disease emerged from Asia in the...
