Why humans get infected with rodent-borne diseases

The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the need to better understand the transmission routes of animal-spread diseases.…

Fusion breakthrough could be climate, energy game-changer

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness…

Europe's record 2022 wildfires sent carbon emissions soaring: monitors

Wildfires that scorched across Europe this year burned a record land area and stoked carbon emissions,…

SNR G298.6−0.0 is an old supernova remnant interacting with molecular clouds, study finds

Japanese astronomers have performed long-term multiwavelength observations of a supernova remnant (SNR) designated SNR G298.6−0.0. They…

Data from regolith collected by Chang'e-5 suggests there is more hydrogen at higher latitudes on the moon

A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from Université…

FAST telescope reveals unprecedented details of the Milky Way

The Milky Way is our home galaxy in the vast universe, but the structure and composition…

Studying soil microbes to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle

Earth’s carbon cycle works on a global scale. But it can be affected by the tiniest…

Despite its romantic reputation, mistletoe is a nutrient-stealing parasite

Mistletoe may be a welcome holiday sight when hung over a doorway if a loved one…

Light can be used to control molecular handedness

In a recent study, researchers at Freie Universität Berlin, the DESY research center in Hamburg, Kiel…

New plasma stratification computer model has manufacturing, space science uses

Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool to…