Office buildings with infrequent water use may have poor water quality

Low-consumption office buildings with infrequent water use could have chemical and microbiological safety issues, according to…

Gender gaps in daily time usage at different ages vary between countries

A new, 10-country analysis identifies between-nation differences in the amount of time men and women spend…

Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct

Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater…

Researchers unravel the inner workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters

The inner workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters have been unraveled by a collaboration of…

Research suggests COVID-19 beliefs influenced by politicians, not scientists

As COVID-19 upended societal norms when it swept through the United States in 2020, a second…

Kenya launches bid to save wild bongos from extinction

The first mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary beneath Mount Kenya under a world-leading…

From quantum vibrations to nanodiamonds, unusual toolbox puts dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variants under surveillance

With each new SARS-CoV-2 variant that has emerged, global panic ensues to determine its level of…

Scientists discover a new twist on an 80-year-old biochemical pathway

Every year, thousands of biochemistry majors and medical students around the world learn to memorize the…

Stalagmites trace climate history and impact from volcanic eruptions

The soils and vegetation of Patagonia’s fjord regions form a unique and highly sensitive ecosystem that…

A nanoscale look at coronavirus infection

A human cell being infected by a coronavirus is a crowded place as the virus turns…