science
Low-tech, affordable solutions to improve water quality
Most of us are used to turning on a tap and water coming out. We rarely question whether this will happen or whether the...
Glacier mass loss passes the point of no return
Researchers from the Universities of Bremen and Innsbruck have shown in a recent study that the further melting of glaciers cannot be prevented in...
A future colorfully lit by mystifying physics of paint-on semiconductors
Some novel materials that sound too good to be true turn out to be true and good. An emergent class of semiconductors, which could...
Discovery of sophisticated 115,000-year-old bone tools in China
An analysis of 115,000-year-old bone tools discovered in China suggests that the toolmaking techniques mastered by prehistoric humans there were more sophisticated than previously...
Newly described human antibody prevents malaria in mice
Scientists have discovered a human antibody that protected mice from infection with the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The research findings provide the basis for...
Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment published March 14...
Tiny implants for cells are functional in vivo
For the first time, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel has succeeded in integrating artificial organelles into the cells of living zebrafish...
Americans prefer economic inequality to playing Robin Hood
Voters in modern democracies, such as the United States and Germany, have long held the power to take from the rich, give to the...
‘Kagome metal’: Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
A motif of Japanese basketweaving known as the kagome pattern has preoccupied physicists for decades. Kagome baskets are typically made from strips of bamboo...
Palm trees are spreading northward. How far will they go?
What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand into northern parts of the world that have long...
Intensification of agriculture and social hierarchies evolve together, study finds
A long-standing debate in the field of cultural evolution has revolved around the question of how and why human societies become more hierarchical. Some...
