Metabolic hack makes ocean algae more resilient to 21st century climate change

A study published in Science Advances by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence that…

What constitutes teacher expertise? New research points to the answer

In the largest ever review of teacher expertise, including data from over 1,000 teachers from around…

Image: Snowy Alps from Copernicus satellite

Snow cover is a vital source of water for industry, agriculture and human consumption. Records show…

Astronomers spot stars in the most distant galaxies for the first time

Since it launched on December 25th, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken the…

We could spread life to the Milky Way with comets. But should we?

Here’s a thorny problem: What if life doesn’t always appear on planets that can support it?…

Investments in green energy infrastructure: An (over)performance that will last?

The summer of 2022, which saw repeated heat waves, fires, and droughts in Europe and around…

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change, says professor

We have little chance of tackling climate change and reducing biodiversity loss without a redesign of…

Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth…

Wicked winter storm threatens US holiday travel chaos

Life-threatening blizzards and bone-chilling winds are forecast across much of the United States over the next…

Deconvoluting the data: Charge density distributions of electric double layers

Expanding on their recently developed electrochemical 3D atomic force microscopy (EC-3D-AFM) technique, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…