Young people with disability have poorer mental health when they are unemployed—funding should tackle job barriers

Australian governments spend a lot of money supporting young people with disability to find a job.…

Scientists develop artificial metabolic pathway that uses electricity to produce ATP

When nature performs chemical reactions to create energy-rich compounds from simple molecules, it requires energy. So…

Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nuclei

Timothy Gray of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may…

How our complex relationship with heat inhibits climate action

Humans are a species borne of the heat, as hot and dry temperatures played a key…

Colorado has more than 332,000 homes susceptible to wildfire damage, report says

A wet year may have provided a mental reprieve, but Colorado continues to have more homes…

Hummingbird beak points the way to future micro machine design

A Cornell research team has developed a new way to design complex microscale machines, one that…

Chemical analysis brings understudied vaginal microbiome into sharper focus

Like the human gut, the female genital tract is its own complex microbial ecosystem, where billions…

Scientists develop a sustainable way to convert kale waste into products for health and personal care

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new technique to convert kale waste for…

New satellite-based measurements reveal vegetation response to drought across the globe

Vegetation can respond to drought through different mechanisms, including changes in the plants’ structure and physiology.…

Volcanism—an underestimated driver of evolution on oceanic islands

Woody plants are unusually common on oceanic islands. Scientists at the University of Bayreuth, together with…