Microplastics may increase riverbed sediment movement, erosion

Microplastics impact how sand travels along riverbeds, suggesting microplastics could increase riverbed erosion, according to an…

Researchers make genome prime editors smaller and more efficient for therapeutic applications

Prime editing technologies allow scientists to precisely edit the genome in a variety of ways and…

Clay formation prolonged global warming event 40 million years ago, according to new biogeochemical model

Global warming is not solely a modern-day occurrence but has been a prominent feature of Earth’s…

LHCb collaboration observes a doubly charged tetraquark and its neutral partner for the first time

The observation of elusive, exotic particles is the key objective of countless studies, as it could…

Rare bamboo flowering event could be followed by years of ecological change

Flowering for some plants is a yearly occurrence; for others, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. A…

New fossil species suggests tropicbirds originated in Zealandia

A team of paleontologists from the University of Canterbury has discovered a remarkably intact fossil of…

Researchers reveal statistical properties of dispersion measure, waiting time on repeating fast radio burst

Repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious radio transient sources in the universe that emit a…

Heat records topple across sweltering Asia

Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India’s summer to Australia’s winter, authorities said Friday,…

In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago

A species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from…

African climate summit seeks to showcase green power potential

Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse…