A 'consortium' of bacteria cooperates to eat phthalate plasticizers that single microbes can't stomach

Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest.

Using cow dung for sustainable carbon dioxide capture

Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges in the present times. Increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are a major factor contributing to this phenomenon.

Scientists create a new state of matter at room temperature using light and nanostructures

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by ...

AI model predicts chemical effects on gene expression, speeding drug discovery

Inside a diseased cell, the genes are in chaos. Some are receiving signals to overproduce a protein. Others are reducing ...

Proof-of-concept quantum battery shows faster charging as it gets larger

Australian scientists have made a significant leap forward in energy storage technology with the world's first ...

Asteroid Bennu's rugged surface baffled NASA—now, we finally know why

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

From dust to planets: Parabolic flight reveal a turbulent path

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Nest-building birds help disperse cotton further than wind, study suggests

Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal ...

Bow and arrow arrived about 1,400 years ago across western North America, study finds

A study clarifies the date of an important technological milestone: the adoption of the bow and arrow in western North America. The replacement of older weapons by bows and arrows occurred ...

Nano 3D metallic parts turn out to be surprisingly strong despite defects

Scientists at Caltech have figured out how to precisely engineer tiny three-dimensional (3D) metallic pieces with nanoscale ...

Physicists trace the sun's magnetic engine, 200,000 kilometers below its surface

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

Superconductor advancement could unlock ultra-energy-efficient electronics

Superconducting materials could play a crucial role in the energy-efficient applications of the future. However, several ...