First air quality profile of two sub-Saharan African cities finds troubling news

Ambient air pollution is a global public health crisis, causing more than 4.9 million premature deaths…

Seismic coda used to locate and define damage from explosions

Comparison of coda waves, the scattered waves that arrive after the direct waves of a seismic…

Competing for high status speeds up aging in male baboons

Battling other male baboons to achieve high social status comes with physiological costs that accelerate aging,…

Stimulation of tiny areas on cellular surfaces with free radicals using a microfluidic probe

Could there be a way to chemically manipulate small, confined areas on cellular surfaces? Scientists have…

New wasp species discovered in Norway

Cuckoo wasps—also called emerald wasps—are some of the most beautiful insects we have, with colorful exteriors…

Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe

The Bronze Age engravings are a map of part of Brittany, north-west France, researchers believe. …

Silencing vibrations in the ground and sounds underwater

POSTECH professor Junsuk Rho’s research team demonstrates artificial control of elastic waves and underwater sounds applicable…

Exploring comet thermal history: Burnt-out comet covered with talcum powder

The world’s first ground-based observations of the bare nucleus of a comet nearing the end of…

How the fly selects its reproductive male

A team has discovered an RNA coding for a micro-peptide – a very small protein –…

A new material enables the usage of 'calcium' for batteries

Scientists have developed a new fluorine-free calcium (Ca) electrolyte based on a hydrogen (monocarborane) cluster that…