News but nothing new: Report reveals many pesticides in Dutch swimming and natural waters

There has been a lot of media attention for the report recently completed by the Institute…

Two distinct charge density wave orders and their intricate interplay with superconductivity in pressurized CuTe

In a study published in Matter, researchers led by Prof. Yang Zhaorong and Prof. Hao Ning…

Zimbabwe's climate action plan: A win for the environment, health and energy

The dumping of billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere…

Measuring the retreat of Italy's largest glacier

The Adamello glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, is slowly being destroyed by global warming,…

Hubble views elliptical galaxy Messier 89

This huge ball of stars—around 100 billion in total—is an elliptical galaxy located some 55 million…

Is anyone planning for diplomacy with an extraterrestrial civilization?

Imagine we detect an interstellar object entering our solar system. At first, astronomers think it’s just…

Assessing the massive costs of biological invasions to Australia and the world

A global database set up by scientists to assemble data on the economic cost of biological…

Astronomers are hoping the Event Horizon Telescope saw pulsars near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Millisecond pulsars are amazing astronomical tools. They are fast-rotating neutron stars that sweep beams of radio…

Study explores influence of microwave and hot air drying on the quality of quick-cooking mung beans

Mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.)) is a widely grown legume crop that serves as a sustainable…

Africa's vast underground water resources are under pressure from climate change—how to manage them

All countries have a variety of water resources—some are on the surface, like rivers, and some…