Improved radiocarbon dating and understanding of Earth's environmental processes during glacial times

The development of a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP—obtained…

How eavesdropping viruses battle it out to infect us

Viruses, like movie villains, operate in one of two ways: chill or kill. Click…

New preventative treatment for porcine virus could save billions for farmers

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses (PRRSV) cause significant damage to pig farms worldwide every year. …

Ammonia reduction should be prioritized in Europe's fight against air pollution, says study

Europe still faces numerous challenges in reducing air pollution. A new study by an international team…

Earlier and earlier high-Arctic spring replaced by 'extreme year-to-year variation'

About 15 years ago, researchers reported that the timing of spring in high-Arctic Greenland had advanced…

Mapping mass shootings in the United States

The United States has more than 10 times the number of mass shooting incidents than other…

Family trees from the European Neolithic shed light on social organization

The Neolithic lifestyle, based on farming instead of hunting and gathering, emerged in the Near East…

Magnetic heterostructure generates higher frequencies for information processing

Novel magnetic memories are energy-efficient and robust. They are based on ferromagnets with operating frequencies in…

Scientists develop automated analysis method for identification and quantification of microplastic particles

How high are concentrations of microplastics in the environment, in our drinking water or in foods?…

Intervalence charge transfer of Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ aggregation for NIR-II luminescence

The near-infrared (NIR) spectrum contains characteristic vibrational absorption bands of numerous organic functional groups. NIR phosphor-converted…