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…

New method uses device cameras to measure pulse, breathing rate and could help telehealth

A team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person’s smartphone or computer…

Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

Easter is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who’s really paying for the cost…

Increased migration at U.S. border linked to climate change, violence in Central America

Thousands of families and children from Central America continue to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, as…

Qubits composed of holes could be the trick to build faster, larger quantum computers

A new study indicates holes the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off, potential scaling up of qubits…

Probiotics keep calves healthy, too

Scientists in Japan have developed and tested a novel probiotic formulation to control severe diarrhea in…

Researcher hopes to create a better blueprint for fish conservation

Growing up in Wisconsin surrounded by lakes and rivers, Matthew McLean has always been fascinated by…

Anticancer compound found in monsoon-season delicacy

A small-branched shrub found in India known locally as Moddu Soppu (Justicia wynaadensis) is used to…

Japan scientist given Nobel for 'revolutionary' LED lamp dies

Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, who won the physics prize for pioneering energy-efficient LED lighting—a weapon…