Preconditions for life already present 3.5 billion years ago

Microbial life already had the necessary conditions to exist on our planet 3.5 billion years ago.…

Micro-environmental influences on artificial micromotors

By harvesting energy from their surrounding environments, particles named ‘artificial micromotors’ can propel themselves in specific…

Special heat treatment improves novel magnetic material

Skyrmions—tiny magnetic vortices—are considered promising candidates for tomorrow’s information memory devices which may be able to…

In quieter Mexico City, rare bats make an appearance

At a Mexico City university campus, researchers are stringing mesh nets between trees, hoping to capture…

Researchers achieve world's first manipulation of antimatter by laser

Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration have announced the world’s first laser-based manipulation of antimatter, leveraging…

US$1.28 trillion: The stark economic carnage of biological invasions threatening the world

A new analysis has revealed the stark US$1.28 trillion economic damage caused by the world’s invasive…

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that stops mice from mating with others that appear to be sick

When someone is sick, it’s natural to want to stay as far from them as possible.…

Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight

A team of researchers has designed a ‘smart’ device to harvest daylight and relay it to…

Millennials and Generation Z are more sustainability-orientated — even when it comes to money, researchers find

The younger generations are willing to put their money where their mouth is when it comes…

New study sews doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe

Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of…