Galactic bubbles are more complex than imagined, researchers say

Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that…

Study uncovers toll of economic abuse on rural women

Blocked from pursuing their careers and left without any source of income. Isolated from friends, coworkers…

Warmer climate could cause Puerto Rico's frogs to croak

The coqui frog is one of Puerto Rico’s most iconic animals. It gets its name from…

'Sayonara' gene: Scientists uncover a protein in fruit flies that many textbooks say shouldn't exist

RIKEN geneticists have uncovered a protein in fruit flies that many textbooks say doesn’t exist. The…

IPODs: Making portable droplet microfluidic testing possible

Droplet microfluidics allows for quicker point-of-care testing (POCT), but it is not always as accurate and…

Low-temperature plasma technology shows promise in treating antibiotics in wastewater

A research team led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of…

Experts expect about 50% fewer new coal-fired power plants than announced

For the climate, it is a shocking number: By the middle of last year, the capacity…

Webb looks for Fomalhaut's asteroid belt and finds much more

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young…

X-ray beams help researchers learn new tricks from old metals

A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory used powerful…

Scintillating science: Researchers improve materials for radiation detection and imaging technology

A team of Florida State University researchers has further developed a new generation of organic-inorganic hybrid…