A new look at 'strange metals'

Superconductors allow electrical current to flow without any resistance—but only below a certain critical temperature. Many…

Mobile protected areas needed to protect biodiversity in the high seas

World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the…

The carbon footprint of dinner: How 'green' are fish sticks?

Fish sticks may be a tasty option for dinner, but are they good for the planet? …

How anti-sprawl policies may be harming water quality

Urban growth boundaries are created by governments in an effort to concentrate urban development—buildings, roads and…

NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia

Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a…

How anti-sprawl policies may be harming water quality

Urban growth boundaries are created by governments in an effort to concentrate urban development — buildings,…

The carbon footprint of dinner: How 'green' are fish sticks?

Fish sticks may be a tasty option for dinner, but are they good for the planet?…

Colloidal quantum dot photodetectors can now see further than before

Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5 microns [um]) is becoming of utmost importance…

Complex, porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building blocks

Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols.…

Microsoft makes 'carbon negative' pledge

The tech giant pledges to remove all the carbon it has emitted since its founding in…