Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Ball milling enhances the antiviral activity of inexpensive inorganic materials
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, developing surfaces that can inactivate viruses upon contact has become an important goal in public health care. Ideally, such surf...
Marker words suggest sharp rise in AI-assisted biomedical writing after ChatGPT
Up until two years ago, using large language models was still considered a special skill that everyone was encouraged to learn. Now, it is ubiquitous, especiall...
The 'wonder material' graphene can be made using a kitchen blender, a mobile phone and a newspaper
There is something slightly ridiculous about using a kitchen blender to make graphene. This is, after all, the "wonder material" associated with futuristic tech...
Gut bacteria mostly compete—but cooperation finds a way
Understanding how bacteria influence one another is essential for understanding how microbial communities are formed and maintained. Researchers at Umeå Univers...
What Gen Z‑led uprisings across Asia reveal about the strengths and limitations of youth protest
Recent Gen Z-led uprisings have reshaped political narratives across Asia, raising a pointed question: Can street-level youth outrage be transformed into govern...
What happens inside a wildfire? A Ph.D. student is finding out
What happens during a wildfire? The short answer is: much more than we know. As wildfires burn through trees, grasses and other vegetation, heat from the flames...
Dung beetles offer insights into biodiversity in Singapore
Dung beetles could provide scientists with a new way to uncover the animals living in Singapore's forests, including elusive species that are difficult to spot...
Why ancient grasslands, once plowed, don't grow back the same
When a 10,000-year-old prairie is plowed up to plant corn or a savanna is consumed by a strip mall, these once-grassy expanses, if left to regrow, can eventuall...
Mapping the 'hidden highways' of Mexico's illegal wildlife trade
For decades, wildlife traffickers have illegally captured and sold hundreds of thousands of wild parrots native to Mexico. Despite changes to international wild...
Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix
The weather files engineers use to design buildings are built from decades of historical measurements. The data can be more than 30 years old. But a building de...
Mapping thorium's preferred sites could pave the way for nuclear clocks
For decades, physicists have used a technique called Mössbauer spectroscopy to peer inside solid materials, revealing fine details of their surroundings by stud...
Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region's complex geologic history
My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Misso...