Illuminating the future of renewable energy
A new chemical compound created by researchers at West Virginia University is lighting the way for renewable energy.
The compound is a photosensitizer, meaning it...
Making big data processing more energy efficient using magnetic circuits
The rapid progression of technology has led to a huge increase in energy usage to process the massive troves of data generated by devices....
Molecular and isotopic evidence of milk, meat and plants in prehistoric food systems
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida, provide the first evidence for diet and...
Precipitation will be essential for plants to counteract global warming
Photosynthesis on Earth is regulated by plant phenology—how plant life cycles interact with the climate—and environmental conditions, both of which changed substantially in recent...
Seeing the light: Study finds new way novae light up the sky
A nova, or stella nova, the Latin word for "new star," is an explosion on the surface of a star that can produce enough...
The building blocks of gum disease
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major bacterial pathogen that leads to periodontitis, also known as gum disease. In Japan, 80% of adults aged 35 and...
Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3-D
A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility...
Paris climate goals failure ‘could cost world $600 tn’
Nations' failure to fulfil the promises they made in the Paris climate agreement to make drastic emissions cuts could cost the global economy as...
Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effectsSpider venom key to pain relief without...
Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.
University of Queensland researchers have...
Timing of large earthquakes follows a ‘devil’s staircase’ pattern
At the regional level and worldwide, the occurrence of large shallow earthquakes appears to follow a mathematical pattern called the Devil's Staircase, where clusters...
Geneticists zeroing in on genes affecting life span
Scientists believe about 25 percent of the differences in human life span is determined by genetics—with the rest determined by environmental and lifestyle factors....