Podiums at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be made from plastic waste donated by local residents…
A bubbly new way to detect the magnetic fields of nanometer-scale particles
As if they were bubbles expanding in a just-opened bottle of champagne, tiny circular regions of…
Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year
Nitrate pollution of U.S. drinking water may cause up to 12,594 cases of cancer a year,…
Indian temple helps nurture 'extinct' turtle back to life
The black softshell turtle is officially extinct in the wild, but a centuries-old Indian temple and…
Israeli coral rescue plan needs chisel and deep blue sea
A dozen feet deep in the azure waters of the Red Sea, Israeli marine ecologist Assaf…
Researchers synthesize healing compounds in scorpion venom
A scorpion native to Eastern Mexico may have more than just toxin in its sting. Researchers…
Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand: survey
US retail giant Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s…
Fluvial geomorphology of mountain streams aids understanding of dynamics of other rivers like Cuyahoga
Studying the sediment of a mountain river can reveal thousands of years or more of a…
Light-powered nano-organisms consume CO2, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and…
Life in Antarctica's ice mirrors human disease
The cooling of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, which began approximately 35 million years ago and…