- Science
Ancient DNA reveals Ice Age mammals thrived after volcanic eruption
- Mar 11, 2026
For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected animal populations. A new...
Science
Scientific discoveries and research
- Science
Ancient Filipino skeleton reveals a rare hip condition further complicated by scurvy
- Mar 11, 2026
The growing paleopathological literature shows that scurvy was not a rare problem among people living in the ancient Asia-Pacific tropics. Scurvy is i...
- Science
Study captures single polymer segments sticking and slipping on surfaces
- Mar 11, 2026
Kyushu University researchers have directly observed, for the first time, how individual polymers—chain-like molecules—behave when in contact with sol...
- Science
Flash heating upcycles waste glass into SiC nanowires in seconds
- Mar 11, 2026
Engineering silicon carbide (SiC) with tailored morphologies for electronics and structural reinforcement materials has always been a costly and time-...
- Science
Researchers mix X-rays and optical light to track speedy electrons in materials
- Mar 11, 2026
To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to understand how the valence...
- Science
Hydrogen atmosphere could keep exomoons habitable for billions of years
- Mar 11, 2026
Liquid water is considered essential for life. Surprisingly, however, stable conditions that are conducive to life could exist far from any sun. A res...
- Science
Scalable quantum batteries can charge faster than their classical counterparts
- Mar 11, 2026
Over the past decades, energy engineers have developed increasingly advanced battery technologies that can store more energy, charge faster and mainta...
- Science
California communities' recovery time between wildfire smoke events is shrinking
- Mar 11, 2026
Californians have long dealt with wildfire smoke as a seasonal fact of life, but those fires have become more intense and frequent, raising the profil...
- Science
DNA barcoding reveals which gene-therapy nanoparticles reach targets in vivo
- Mar 11, 2026
Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-e...
- Science
Watching quantum behavior in action: MagnetoARPES reveals time-reversal symmetry breaking in a kagome superconductor
- Mar 11, 2026
Electron movement and structures described in quantum physics allow researchers to better understand how and why materials like superconductors behave...
- Science
New research shows path to affordable water in fast-growing cities
- Mar 11, 2026
By 2050, up to half the world's urban population will face water scarcity. A new model of water supply, demand, and policies in a drought-prone city o...
- Science
Oval orbit casts new light on black hole–neutron star mergers
- Mar 11, 2026
Scientists have uncovered the first robust evidence of a black hole and neutron star crashing together but orbiting in an oval path rather than a perf...