Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted into useful industrial chemicals using only...
Scientists find a place on Earth where there is no life
Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on Earth, but there are still places where they...
Theorists probe the relationship between ‘strange metals’ and high-temperature superconductors
Strange metals make interesting bedfellows for a phenomenon known as high-temperature superconductivity, which allows materials to carry electricity with zero loss.
Both are rule-breakers. Strange...
Breaking (and restoring) graphene’s symmetry in a twistable electronics device
A recent study from the labs of James Hone (mechanical engineering) and Cory Dean (physics) demonstrates a new way to tune the properties of...
A new antibiotic has been hiding in the gut of a tiny worm. It...
Researchers at Northeastern have discovered a new antibiotic that could treat infections caused by some of the nastiest superbugs humanity is facing in the...
Researchers sequence genome of the ‘devil worm’
When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed it as the discovery of the deepest-living animal ever...
Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next door
"They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true in light of a new study on planetary...
Earth’s magnetic song recorded for the first time during a solar storm
Data from ESA's Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie "song" that Earth sings when it is hit by a solar storm.
The...
First evidence of the impact of climate change on Arctic Terns
Data collected from electronic tags retrieved from 47 journeys made by the Farne Island Arctic Terns, has revealed for the first time how climate...
Husbands’ stress increases if wives earn more than 40 per cent of household income:...
Husbands are least stressed when their wives earn up to 40% of household income but they become increasingly uncomfortable as their spouse's wages rise...
UNT scientist helps advance archaeology millions of years
Reid Ferring, a professor in the University of North Texas Department of Geography and the Environment, is part of an international team of scientists...
