72-year-old Scotch whisky fetches over $54,000 in auction

A 72-year-old bottle of Glen Grant single malt whisky from Scotland fetched more than $54,000 in…

Increasing soil pH reduces fertilizer-derived nitrous oxide emissions

A new scientific paper from Teagasc has shown that getting soil pH right through a liming…

A small protein in bacteria overlooked up to now

The biological process of photosynthesis is found at the beginning of nearly all food chains. It…

Mineral often found on Mars discovered deep in Antarctic ice

An international team of researchers has found evidence of the mineral jarosite in ice cores extracted…

SpaceX vs NASA: Who will get us to the moon first? Here's how their latest rockets compare

No one has visited the moon since 1972. But with the advent of commercial human spaceflight,…

Surround sound from lightweight roll-to-roll printed loudspeaker paper

If the Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology has its way,…

Invasive evergreen acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

New research has revealed how an invasion of the evergreen tree Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water…

Sources of new ozone-damaging HCFCs traced back to origins

An international team of researchers has located the source of recently discovered ozone damaging HCFCs in…

Ariane 6 upper stage heads for hot-firing tests

The first complete upper stage of Europe’s new Ariane 6 launch vehicle has left ArianeGroup in…

How vitamins, steroids and potential antivirals might affect SARS-CoV-2

Evidence is emerging that vitamin D—and possibly vitamins K and A—might help combat COVID-19. A new…