New membrane design allows selective and near-frictionless ion transport

Ion-transport membranes are vital components of clean-energy technologies, such as CO2 electrolyzers, water electrolyzers, fuel cells,…

Roman military camps in desert found by archaeologists using Google Earth

Three new Roman fortified camps have been identified across northern Arabia by a remote sensing survey…

Researchers get the drop on new frog species

Five new species of frogs, including one with camouflage that makes it look like bird droppings,…

Brain cells are starved of energy in autophagy dysfunction, new study finds

Neurodegeneration in brain cells may be happening when the natural cellular cleaning process malfunctions due to…

Bioinformatics specialists explore the molecular mechanisms of aging

A team led by bioinformatics experts Andreas Keller and Fabian Kern from Saarland University together with…

A protein hidden in plain sight helps cells time their escape

When a cell is getting ready to divide, it needs to duplicate its DNA, which is…

NICER detects quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray binary 4U 1730–22

Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), an international…

Scientists discover antibiotic resistance genes in clouds

The atmosphere is a large-scale dissemination route for bacteria carrying antibiotic-resistance genes. A research team from…

Male California sea lions are becoming bigger and better fighters as their population rebounds

California sea lions have managed to maintain—and, in the case of males, increase—their average body size…

No need for a super computer: Describing electron interactions efficiently and accurately

One of the outstanding challenges in the field of condensed matter physics is finding computationally efficient…