Uncovering the pathway to wine's acidity

University of Adelaide wine researchers say their latest discovery may one day lead to winemakers being…

Study finds a green solution in halving children's pollutant exposure

Simply planting a hedge in front of a park can halve the amount of traffic pollution…

Stabilizing ligands make nanoclusters brighter

Metal nanoclusters that bear tunable surface ligands could help develop next-generation imaging and photocatalytic approaches, suggests…

Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities

Why do people believe conspiracy theories? Is it because of who they are, what they’ve encountered,…

Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next door

“They’re out there,” goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true…

Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot

Trash talking has a long and colorful history of flustering game opponents, and now researchers have…

Decarbonizing the power sector

Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below…

Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid 'waking-dream' state

Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly…

Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed

In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of…

Earth's magnetic song recorded for the first time during a solar storm

Data from ESA’s Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie “song” that Earth sings…