Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats

Researchers with the Smithsonian’s Global Health Program have discovered six new coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar—the…

Satellites providing clear picture of greenhouse gases

With increasing levels of greenhouse gases causing our climate to change, it is important to understand…

Substances trapped in nanobubbles exhibit unusual properties

Skoltech scientists modeled the behavior of nanobubbles appearing in van der Waals heterostructures and the behavior…

New electronic cooling technology to enable miniaturization of quantum computers

VTT researchers have successfully demonstrated a new electronic refrigeration technology that could enable major leaps in…

Timely precipitation will be essential for plants to counteract global warming

A new Columbia Engineering study shows that increased water stress — higher frequency of drought due…

Gene variant staves off Alzheimer's in some people

People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease are protected…

Traditional vegetable diet lowers the risk of premature babies

It turns out we should follow our parent’ advice when we’re thinking about becoming parents ourselves,…

Supercomputing future wind power rise

First detailed study of scenarios for how wind energy can expand to 20 percent of total…

Seeking sounds of superfluids

Sound waves reveal the unique properties of an ultracold quantum gas, a model system for describing…

'Directing' evolution to identify potential drugs earlier in discovery

Scientists have developed a technique that could significantly reduce the time of discovering potential new antibody-based…