Facebook plans cryptocurrency launch next year: BBC

Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching…

A 'silver bullet' for the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide

Fossil fuels are the lifeblood of modern societies, but their increased use releases carbon dioxide, a…

Lithium doesn't crack under pressure, it transforms

Using cutting-edge theoretical calculations performed at NERSC, researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry have predicted fascinating…

A novel synchrotron technique for studying diffusion in solids

Understanding and controlling how the diffusion process works at the atomic scale is an important question…

Scientists discover ancient seawater preserved from the last Ice Age

Twenty thousand years ago, in the thick of an Ice Age, Earth looked very different. Because…

Demographer addresses federal report on U.S. birthrate

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual report on the U.S. birthrate delivered some sobering…

ESA responding to EU’s REACH chemical law

The EU’s REACH regulation limits the use of potentially harmful chemicals to safeguard European citizens and…

Why Sydney residents use 30% more water per day than Melburnians

This week Melbourne’s water storage dropped below 50 percent, a sign of the prolonged and deepening…

Dolphin study reveals the genes essential for species' survival

UNSW scientists have added to the growing body of research into genetic markers that are important…

Solving geothermal energy's earthquake problem

On a November afternoon in 2017, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Pohang, South Korea, injuring dozens…