A mission to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of…
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Protein pores packed in polymers make super-efficient filtration membranes
A multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists has developed a new class of filtration membranes for…
Researchers develop method to assess geographic origins of ancient humans
Working with lead isotopes taken from tooth enamel of prehistoric animals, researchers at the University of…
Harrington Seed Destructor kills nearly 100 percent of US agronomic weed seeds in lab study
In the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds, farmers are increasingly eager to add non-chemical control methods to…
A better building block for creating new materials
When chemists or engineers want to make a new type of material, they head to the…
What's in your water? Researchers identify new toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking water
Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United States’ most common method of disinfecting drinking water, creates…
High school GPAs are stronger predictors of college graduation than ACT scores
Students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting…
'Scrambled' cells fix themselves
Human cells have a defense mechanism that protects them from microbial attacks, a Canadian-led team of…
Third Reich's legacy tied to present-day xenophobia and political intolerance
Who—or what—is to blame for the xenophobia, political intolerance and radical political parties spreading through Germany…
Astronaut craves salsa and surf after record 11 months aloft
After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by…