Turning wastewater sludge into energy and mineral salts

A system developed by EPFL spin-off TreaTech can turn sludge from wastewater treatment plants into mineral…

Private equity firm buys Canada's WestJet airline

Private equity firm Onex announced Monday its purchase of Canada’s second-largest airline WestJet for about Can$5…

Understanding relationship break-ups to protect the reef

Unravelling the secrets of the relationship between coral and the algae living inside it will help…

Wild pigs invade Canadian provinces—an emerging crisis for agriculture and the environment

Wild pigs—a mix of wild boar and domestic swine—are spreading rapidly across Canada, threatening native species…

Locating a shooter from the first shot via cellphone

In the past several decades, militaries have worked hard to develop technologies that simultaneously protect infantry…

Delhi hit by rare summer air pollution alert

New Delhi suffered a rare summer air pollution alert Monday as dust storms and heat over…

Researchers present new direct-detection constraints on Sub-GeV dark matter

In a recent study, a team of researchers has presented new direct-detection constraints on eV-to-GeV dark…

Uber shares continue sliding in first full day of trading

Uber shares were down 8% in morning trading and dipped below $38 after the opening bell. …

Study unveils detailed properties of the eclipsing binary KOI-3890

By combining transit photometry, radial velocity observations, and asteroseismology, astronomers have gathered important information about the…

How cryptocurrency scams work

Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of real money. In 2018,…