London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstream

The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the…

Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water

Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are ‘water worlds,’ planets…

Insights get the right fish on the right plate

Researchers are devising a way to track and measure how fish — one of the world’s…

Harmful fungal toxins in wheat are a growing threat, says study

Wheat—the most widely cultivated crop in the world—is under growing attack from harmful toxins. Across Europe,…

Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild

Koalas have adapted to Australia’s rugged terrains. But bushfires, land clearing and other extreme threats can…

First Deep Space Biology Experiment Begins, Follow Along in Real-Time

BioSentinel is one million miles away from Earth, orbiting the Sun. NASA invites the public to…

Netflix's 'Ancient Apocalypse' is more fiction than fact, say experts

Since the controversial documentary series “Ancient Apocalypse” dropped on Netflix last November, academics and journalists around…

Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

Rivers are critical corridors that connect cities and ecosystems alike. When drought develops, water levels fall,…

Using the power of symmetry for new quantum technologies

By taking advantage of nature’s own inherent symmetry, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden…

Are prices real? How ghosts of calculus and physics influenced what we pay for things today

With inflation in the UK and around the world threatening to spiral out of control, prices…