'Floppy' atomic dynamics help turn heat into electricity

Materials scientists have uncovered an atomic mechanism that makes certain thermoelectric materials such as iron sulfide…

Common class of drugs linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers report that a class of drugs used for a broad array of conditions, from allergies…

Splitting water molecules for a renewable energy future

Chemists are working on energy storage and conversion research. This work is part of a new…

Post-COVID syndrome severely damages children's hearts

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) appears even after asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, a case review…

Unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactions

Scientists have found that electrical currents can form in ways not known before. The novel findings…

Autophagy: the beginning of the end

Autophagy, from the Greek for ‘self-eating’, is an essential process that isolates and recycles cellular components…

New technology lets quantum bits hold information for 10,000 times longer than previous record

Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by an…

NASA Administrator Announces Senior Leadership Updates

NASA Administrator Announces Senior Leadership Updates Click here for original story, NASA Administrator Announces…

Pollination: Air pollution renders flower odors unattractive to moths

Researchers showed that tobacco hawkmoths lost attraction to the scent of their preferred flowers when that…

Quantum leap for speed limit bounds

Nature’s speed limits aren’t posted on road signs, but physicists have discovered a new way to…