New water treatment zaps 'forever chemicals' for good

Engineers have developed a new water treatment that removes ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water safely, efficiently…

Photosynthesis 'hack' could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy

Researchers have ‘hacked’ the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority…

Simulated terrible drivers cut the time and cost of AV testing by a factor of one thousand

The push toward truly autonomous vehicles has been hindered by the cost and time associated with…

Semiconductor lattice marries electrons and magnetic moments

A model system created by stacking a pair of monolayer semiconductors is giving physicists a simpler…

Sea ice will soon disappear from the Arctic during the summer months — and it has happened before

In a new study, an international team of researchers warn that the Arctic Sea ice may…

Mercury emission estimates rarely provide enough data to assess success in eliminating harmful global gold mining practice

A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold-mining countries to regularly report the amount of…

New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques

Physicists have built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques. This…

Next epidemic could be spotted early in wastewater

Researchers behind the UK’s first pilot public health surveillance system based on analysis of wastewater say…

New research suggests peer-advisor relationship is key to success

Collaborative research across the country has shown that strengthening the relationship between the student and advisor…

Turn up your favorite song to improve medication efficacy

While listening to a favorite song is a known mood booster, researchers have discovered that music-listening…