Environment
Sep 8, 2025
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
Global warming in the United States is amping up the country's sweet tooth, a new study found.
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Environment
Sep 8, 2025
Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health, according to new analysis
New research led by Stanford University and co-authored by Lancaster University explores the industrial impacts on the ocean and compares them with what leading companies in the ocean economy disclose, underscoring the need ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 8, 2025
The Hofstadter butterfly: Twisted bilayer graphene reveals two distinct strongly interacting topological phases
Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) is a material created by stacking two sheets of graphene onto each other, with a small twist angle of about 1.1°. At this "magic angle," electrons move very slowly, which can ...
Astronomy
Sep 8, 2025
INTEGRAL observes exceptionally bright X-ray flares from Cygnus X-1
Using ESA's INTEGRAL spacecraft, astronomers have detected exceptionally bright X-ray flares from the Cygnus X-1 X-ray binary system. This is the first time that such strong flaring activity has been observed in this system ...
Archaeology
Sep 8, 2025
Archaeologists uncover rare beetle ornament in ancient Hallstatt cremation burial
In a recent study, Dr. Agata Hałuszko and colleagues discovered an ornament made from beetles in a cremation grave in Domasław, Poland. The work is published in the journal Antiquity.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 8, 2025
AI workflow could help biofuel crops grow on infertile soil and protect plants from infectious diseases
Biologists and computational scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory recently refined two artificial intelligence (AI) programs originally built by Meta, the company that owns Facebook, ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 6, 2025
Breakthrough carbon nanotube material sets new thermal insulation record
Chinese researchers have developed a new carbon nanotube insulator that can withstand high temperatures up to 2,600°C, outperforming all other materials used for extreme-temperature applications. This breakthrough could ...
Evolution
Sep 6, 2025
Researchers quantify rate of essential evolutionary process in the ocean
The movement of genetic material between organisms that aren't directly related is a significant driver of evolution, especially among single-celled organisms like bacteria and archaea. A team led by researchers at Bigelow ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2025
Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
Deep in Earth's past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for minerals and hydrocarbons ...
Polymers
Sep 5, 2025
Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient COâ‚‚ capture materials
Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for efficient and sustainable CO2 capture. This is killing two birds with one stone as they address two of ...
