Newly-engineered versions of bacterial enzyme reveal how antibiotics could be more potent

Modern medicine depends on antibiotics to treat infections by disabling targets inside bacterial cells. Once inside…

European Southern Observatory telescopes help unravel pulsar puzzle

With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space,…

Bird flu kills scores of sea lions in Argentina

Scores of sea lions have died from bird flu in Argentina, officials said Tuesday, as an…

Dense Neptune-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS

Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new…

Optimizing molecular photoswitches for solar energy harvesting

Molecular photoswitches that can both convert and store energy could be used to make solar energy…

Advanced GC-MS detection enables metabolomics analysis in model animals

A research team led by Prof. Chu Yannan at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of…

Researchers discover tin hydride with properties of strange metal

Scientists from Skoltech, the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, and the Center for High Pressure Science and…

Study suggests additional warming of the Earth due to better air quality could occur later than previously thought

In a recent study, scientists at Leipzig University have revised previous assumptions about the influence of…

Researchers demonstrate direct formation of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere without SO2

In the atmosphere, gaseous sulfuric acid can form particles that influence the physical properties of clouds.…

IMF warns climate shocks may increase conflict deaths

Climate change threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe and lead to increased…