'Quantum avalanche' explains how nonconductors turn into conductors

Looking only at their subatomic particles, most materials can be placed into one of two categories. …

Study: The Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to Lake Mead due to climate change

From 2000 to 2021, climate change caused the loss of more than 40 trillion liters (10…

Team boosts metropolitan quantum teleportation to hertz rate

Quantum teleportation allows quantum information to be transferred to a remote location by using quantum entanglement…

A general methodology to measure the light-to-heat conversion efficiency of solid materials

Light-to-heat conversion has been intensively investigated due to the potential applications including photothermal therapy and solar…

Research shows that genetically engineered vesicles better target cancer cells

Two unfortunate facts about chemotherapy: It can harm healthy cells as well as cancerous ones, and…

New study suggests clues to urban resiliency lie within ancient cities

Jakarta … San Francisco … Shanghai … Phoenix … Houston. Click here for original…

Building efficient mass transfer pathways for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Since the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is increasing because of human activities,…

Researchers develop model to study neglected tropical diseases

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people–one-sixth of the world’s population. Despite their devastating…

New paper proposes incorporating anti-racism in life sciences education

In the story of Charles Darwin, there are two often-omitted footnotes: He was taught by a…

Project aims to help address the loss of cultures worldwide caused by climate change

A team of international researchers, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has announced the…