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How the solar system got its ‘Great Divide,’ and why it matters for life...
Scientists, including those from the University of Colorado Boulder, have finally scaled the solar system's equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range.
In a study published...
Influential electrons? Physicists uncover a quantum relationship
A team of physicists has mapped how electron energies vary from region to region in a particular quantum state with unprecedented clarity. This understanding...
Inside story on cassowary evolution
One of the largest living birds, the Southern Cassowary, has a simple throat structure similar to the fellow Australian emu. Now new research confirms...
‘Green methane’ from artificial photosynthesis could recycle CO2
A new artificial photosynthesis approach uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into methane, which could help make natural-gas-powered devices carbon neutral.
Methane is the main...
Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves
A modern airplane's fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough pastry. Once these layers...
A protein called Sestrin might be responsible for many of the benefits of a...
Whether it be a brisk walk around the park or high intensity training at the gym, exercise does a body good. But what if...
Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?
New research from the University of California San Diego finds that solar geoengineering—the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth's surface—may reduce income...
Divorce in a one-dimensional world
In everyday objects, there is no left without right or front without back. Just as inseparable seem to be the electron's electric charge and...
Copper-based nanomaterials can kill cancer cells in mice
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from KU Leuven, the University of Bremen, the Leibniz Institute of Materials Engineering, and the University of Ioannina has...
A new method to study lithium dendrites could lead to better, safer batteries
Lithium ion batteries often grow needle-like structures between electrodes that can short out the batteries and sometimes cause fires. Now, an international team of...
Plant life expanding in the Everest region
Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new research shows.
Scientists used satellite data to measure the...
