High-quality microresonators in the longwave infrared based on native germanium

What if there were a gadget that could within short order check whether you have COVID…

Transcriptional adaptation found to play a role in inherited epigenetic changes

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, working with…

Volcanic smog, air pollution predicted to hurt Hawaiʻi student test scores, especially on Hawaiʻi Island

As Mauna Loa erupted in late November 2022 for the first time since 1984, the emissions…

Belt and suspenders: Alpine lake bacteria deploy two light-harvesting systems

Though humans, along with other vertebrate and invertebrate organisms, don’t photosynthesize, we’re definitely the downstream beneficiaries…

Cloistered Arctic whales face a bigger climate threat than polar bears

The tracking of cold-water creatures offers insights into the worrisome effects of global warming. …

Consortium to map senescent cells and their effect on aging and human health

Multiple researchers at the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) are taking part in an ambitious research program spanning…

South Asian black carbon causes glacier loss on Tibetan Plateau

Black carbon aerosol is the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and has…

Review on intrinsic electrocatalytic activity of transition metal nitrides on HER

A paper published on Dec. 21 in Energy Material Advances reviews improvement strategies for the electrocatalytic…

Watch the latest water satellite unfold itself in space

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite launched into Earth orbit on Friday, Dec. 16,…

They survived the hunters: now king penguins face climate change

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the thousands of king penguins that densely congregate on…