Researchers develop novel nonwovens that are electrically conductive but thermally insulating

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth present novel electrospun nonwovens in Science Advances that exhibit an…

Detecting, predicting and preventing aortic ruptures with computational modeling

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes the wall of a person’s aorta, the largest artery in…

UK govt sets out new water plan to tackle pollution

Britain on Tuesday announced a plan to protect water supplies, amid a long-running scandal over privatised…

Webb telescope discovers oldest galaxies ever observed

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the four most distant galaxies ever observed, one of…

New study looks at the history of industrial contamination in the Arctic permafrost

Many of us picture the Arctic as largely untouched wilderness. But that has long-since ceased to…

Using dark matter distribution to test the cosmological model

An international team of astrophysicists and cosmologists at various institutes including the Kavli Institute for the…

The ice in Antarctica has melted before, says study

Sixty percent of the world’s fresh water is bound up in Antarctic ice sheets. Thirty million…

Shining a light on helical polymers

Due to their singular properties and the functionality attributed to their unique scaffolding, helical polymers are…

Holographic microscopy shows potential as a red tide warning system

Red tides, caused by Karenia brevis blooms, are a recurring problem in the coastal Gulf of…

50 years after NASA's Apollo mission, moon rocks still have secrets to reveal

How did we get from stardust to where we are today? That’s the question NASA scientist…