New owners brace for post-pandemic pet withdrawal

Quillon Simpson, a postdoctoral research associate at Northeastern, spotted the tiny black-and-white border collie pup from…

Why did some state tax revenues increase during the pandemic?

The pandemic has been bad for business, but it hasn’t necessarily been bad for U.S. state…

Water surface molecules lose energy through rotation of free OH group

Chemical reactions and physical processes that involve water surfaces will be easier to model thanks to…

New mechanism enables the electrical control of the magnetization in magnetic nanodevices

The development of innovative magnetic nanodevices is one step closer to reality thanks to the observation…

How polar bears maintained highly specialized diets during periods of Arctic warming—until now

Polar bears are often considered the poster-child species for climate change impacts. With global warming and…

Social cost of carbon: What is it, and why do we need to calculate it?

There are many policies that could potentially curb carbon dioxide emissions and slow global warming. Some…

Self-healing composites extend a product's lifespan

Nearly 20 million tons of polymer composite materials are produced around the world every year, and…

Environmental researchers uncover the story of the Amazon's understory

For the first time, scientists know more about what trees are dominant in the overstory and…

Microplastics are affecting melt rates of snow and ice

Microplastics have reached the farthest corners of the Earth, including remote fjords and even the Mariana…

Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured…