- Science
Image: Curiosity rover surveys boxwork region of Mars
- Feb 24, 2026
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations—the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them—using its Mastcam on Se...
Science
Scientific discoveries and research
- Science
Probability underlies much of the modern world—an engineering professor explains how it actually works
- Feb 24, 2026
Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, "Probability is the most important concept i...
- Science
Staple crops are a major contributor to global deforestation, says study
- Feb 23, 2026
Rice, maize, and cassava crops cumulatively account for approximately 11% of total global deforestation—exceeding that of cocoa, coffee, and rubber—ac...
- Science
Sunlight-powered process turns plastic waste into acetic acid without added emissions
- Feb 23, 2026
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight...
- Science
Big broods, better manners: What a fish study suggests about siblings and social skills
- Feb 23, 2026
For many animals, siblings are a key component of their social environment during early life. Previous research has shown that the early social enviro...
- Science
Iron Age massacre targeted women and children, new research reveals
- Feb 23, 2026
New research has revealed that women and children were deliberately targeted in one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe. Arc...
- Science
Multinational companies could drive climate action better than governments
- Feb 23, 2026
With the current U.S. federal administration abandoning its leadership role in the fight against climate change, international efforts by governments...
- Science
System isolates single extracellular vesicle surface proteins to map function
- Feb 23, 2026
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny biological bubbles that carry nucleic acids and proteins between cells, playing an essential role in tissue repa...
- Science
How natural language processing and AI can help policymakers address global food insecurity
- Feb 23, 2026
NLP offers powerful opportunities to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—including SDG2 (Zero Hunger). In the wake of the COVID-19 pan...
- Science
Accelerating next generation medicine with new drug delivery platform
- Feb 23, 2026
Scientists have developed an adaptable materials platform that can safely and efficiently deliver a wide range of genetic medicines, an advance that c...
- Science
Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours
- Feb 23, 2026
A technology has been developed that uses robots rather than humans to evaluate the performance of newly developed catalysts. By operating 45 times fa...
- Science
A new form of aluminum unlocks sustainable and cheaper catalysts
- Feb 23, 2026
A research team at King's College London has isolated a new form of aluminum—a highly abundant metal, that could provide a far cheaper and more sustai...