Science
How the nasal microbiome can help potentially harmful bacteria thrive
Our noses are home to many different species of bacteria living side by side. One of them may be S. aureus. Many people carry this bacterium without knowing it, although it can ca…
Using vibrations to reveal what lies beneath other planets' surfaces
Modern space exploration hasn't quite reached "Star Trek" levels of boldly going where no one has gone before. But if, like the denizens of the USS Enterprise, astronauts one day …
Tiny fossils show brittle stars gathered around a dead whale 9.5 million years ago
Tiny skeletal plates recovered beside fossil whale bones in southern Denmark offer a rare glimpse of life around a whale carcass approximately 9.5 million years ago. Researchers h…
Asymmetric atomic structure improves sodium–sulfur battery performance
Chinese researchers have developed a new way to improve sodium–sulfur battery performance by changing the atomic structure of a catalyst. Led by professors Wang Hui and Zheng Fang…
Finding the fingerprints of noisy distributions in random quantum systems
Imagine shuffling a deck of cards where some of the cards are fading just because of the way they interact with the external environment as you shuffle them. Your job is to figure…
New framework helps turn biodiversity goals into measurable action
The new study by Newcastle University and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a practical roadmap for tracking progress toward halting species extinct…
Body size, not competition, may kick-start evolution
A new evolutionary theory suggests changes in body size, rather than competition for food and habitat, may drive the earliest physical differences between species.
US Loses a Football Field of Forest Every 2 Minutes
A new satellite tracking system finds that the United States has lost 350,000 acres of forest land per year—a rate of approximately one football field every two minutes—which is t…
When should we listen for alien signals? Scientists turn to game theory
Finding a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization takes more than just pointing a telescope in the right direction. We may also need to listen at exactly the right time.
How humans influence fish behavior and why this is important for species conservation
Two recent review articles in the journals Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Fish and Fisheries, to which researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland F…
Nasa astronaut casts midterms vote from space – video
Anil Menon has voted in the US midterm elections by casting an electronic ballot from the International Space Station. He said he filled out the ballot on his station computer and…
Light-matter hybrids form supersolid quantum state at room temperature
Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology (Poland), IBM Research Zurich and the French National Centre for Scienti…
Single-copy genes can be used as markers to distinguish between bacteria in the same family
The more than 100 bacterial species of the genus Vibrio are important in marine ecosystems because they contribute to the carbon cycle and other ecological processes, but they can…
Researchers develop method for single-cell DNA methylation analysis
Researchers have recently developed a standardized workflow for analyzing DNA methylation in individual cells. The protocol combines an improved laboratory procedure with an autom…
NASA asks industry for ideas about saving Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is healthy but is being pulled down toward Earth by atmospheric drag. NASA is considering options to extend the iconic telescope's work.
A laser can draw superconductivity at the nanoscale
Researchers from ICMAB-CSIC, the Politecnico di Milano and Université de Liège have adapted a direct laser writing technique that allows them to "draw" superconducting properties …
Plant-inspired natural coatings can beat forever chemicals
Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as "forever chemicals" because of the impact they make on the environment and human bodies. Much of modern manufacturing relies on thes…
Cold storage can extend shelf life of platelets for dogs facing life-threatening bleeding
Veterinarians often have limited access to one of the most effective tools for controlling life-threatening bleeding complications in dogs: platelets.
More power, less payoff: Study reveals a bottleneck in cleaner methanol production
Dialing up the power on electricity-driven chemical reactions doesn't guarantee that they'll be more efficient, suggests a new study, a finding that gets researchers closer to cre…
Ancient star collisions could explain mysterious Little Red Dots and 'impossible' black holes
Collisions between stars in the early universe were common, and this could explain the growth of supermassive black holes and the existence of strange Little Red Dots seen by the …
Voting in space: NASA astronauts cast ballots from International Space Station
The three Americans currently living off Earth made sure their voices were heard, voting in the midterm election from the International Space Station.
A single measurement makes quantum bits more reliable
Researchers at the University of Regensburg and their international partners have found a way to significantly reduce errors in quantum bits. In an experiment, they demonstrated t…
Wherever there are people, there is also wildlife—though not necessarily at the same time
Human-induced global change has reached an unprecedented scale and intensity. Through intensive land use and the associated loss of species, humans are permanently altering the ha…
'OGame' developers explain how the browser-based sci-fi game has lasted 24 years ahead of the huge Orion update
The OG sci-fi browser game is still going strong.