Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Carbon credits have enabled vital protection of tropical forests—despite being oversold 10-fold
A major analysis led by the University of Cambridge has found that many REDD+ projects achieved meaningful reductions in forest loss—offering real environmental...
Losing a parent in adulthood can affect earnings for years through mental health and family support, study finds
New research from the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford suggests that the death of a parent in adulthood can have effects that reach far beyon...
AI decides what we see online. It's time digital platforms tell us exactly how they do it
If you suffer from information overload, or are unsure what to trust online, you're not alone. Australians are increasingly disengaging from traditional news, t...
Beer waste may become sunscreen ingredient after spent hops show promising UV protection
Research conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil revealed that hops (Humulus lupulus L.) industrial waste from the brewing industry is a viable...
Blooming surprise in upstate New York reveals first new flowering plant species in nearly ten years
Justin Scholten '22 knows the plants growing on the forest floor around the Finger Lakes. There's the white baneberry, Actaea pachypoda and the red baneberry, A...
Tiny flexible lasers enable force sensing inside living cells
Researchers have developed tiny flexible lasers that can be used to measure forces inside living cells. The new lasers could help illuminate various biological...
A new era for ultrafast photonics: 2D mercury-acetylide frameworks for near-infrared nonlinear optics
In the increasingly digital world, the demand for faster, more efficient and miniaturized optical devices is ever-growing. From high-speed internet and secure q...
Spintronics at BESSY II: Real-time analysis of magnetic bilayer systems
Spintronic devices enable data processing with significantly lower energy consumption. They are based on the interaction between ferromagnetic and antiferromagn...
Antibodies need a strong core—not just grip—to fight SARS-CoV-2
An international research team has identified a previously overlooked factor that influences how antibodies neutralize SARS-CoV-2: their mechanical stability un...
In study of Taiwanese electronics firms, effects of offshoring on innovation were mixed
In recent decades, the global distribution of manufacturing has shifted dramatically, with many multinational firms moving their production to countries that pa...
A flower-like pattern exposes chiral superconductivity's long-sought fingerprint
With a carefully designed experiment and a handful of tin atoms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville's physicists have found a long-sought form of superconductiv...
Embryo epigenome follows universal physical rules, reshaping views of early cell fate
The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined which cells will give rise to which ti...