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…

New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices

Scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across…

Study shows 'obesity paradox' does not exist: Waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in patients with heart failure than BMI

New research has debunked the idea that there is an ‘obesity paradox’, whereby patients with heart…

The devil is in the details: Re-imagining fertilizer precursor synthesis

Researchers have improved the Faradaic efficiency of the nitrogen reduction reaction into ammonia by straightforward optimization…

Pi Virginids meteor shower makes rare appearance over Puerto Rico

A notable meteor was seen from Puerto Rico at about 23:34 UTC (19:34 LT) on Monday,…