Science
Scientific discoveries and research
The importance of how parents talk to their kids about sexual trauma
Parents play a critical role in how young people understand sex and relationships. When it comes to topics of sexual trauma and violence, the way parents talk w...
Buried in soil, a 100-million-year-old bacterial toxin could reshape pest control and antibiotic discovery
In every backyard, park, and playground on Earth, the ground is teeming with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces—one of the most abundant organisms on the pl...
Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds
Snow cover in the mountains of Greece—an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months—has more than h...
One of America's oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climate
Perched in a tower atop a hill, Matthew Douglas climbs a staircase and emerges from a hatch on the roof, where a heavy glass ball in a metal cradle has burned a...
Seals get their hearts racing to detox after foraging trips at sea
Diving is physiologically challenging for marine animals. Long and deep dives can trigger "anaerobic" (oxygen-less) metabolism in organs other than the heart an...
Mining critical materials is creating 'sacrifice zones' that harm water and health of world's poor
There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies—everything from AI to wi...
Journalism classes lack a consistent approach to AI use across institutions
Artificial intelligence is steadily becoming more embedded in journalism; part of how journalists write, edit, research and more. But little is known about how...
Researchers develop highly efficient, durable catalyst for chlor-alkali electrolysis
Efficient and durable catalysts for the chlorine evolution reaction (CER) are critical for chlor-alkali and related brine electrolysis processes, but convention...
New 'Roadmap' highlights surface acoustic wave technologies
With the involvement of scientists from the Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics in Berlin and the Universities of Augsburg and Münster, internation...
Defect engineering lifts chalcopyrite thermoelectrics to record performance
A research team led by Prof. Zhang Jian at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collabora...
West African coast emerges as key source of microlitter in the South Atlantic Ocean
Most of the microlitter present in the South Atlantic Ocean originates from the West African coast and is particularly concentrated in areas near the equator an...
New copper nanozyme shows powerful tumor suppression with high precision
Malignant tumor treatment remains a major challenge due to the limited precision and significant side effects. Copper-based single-atom nanozymes have shown pro...