15 billion gallons of sewage-polluted water flows annually into Philly's rivers and streams, report says

Each year, Philadelphia’s waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of…

Two types of ultrafast mode-locking operations generation from an Er-doped fiber laser based on germanene nanosheets

Saturable absorbers as passive modulators in passively mode-locked fiber lasers play a crucial role in the…

Criminal justice researcher says bail reform needs to go further

If you are innocent until proven guilty, why would you have to pay money to get…

Calculating thermal properties from phonon behaviors

A new study determines the thermal properties of advanced solid materials, based on first-principles calculations of…

BESSY II: Surface analysis of catalyst particles in aqueous solutions

Green hydrogen can be produced directly in a photoelectrochemical cell, splitting water with solar energy. However,…

Looking deeper into violent neutron star collisions to find the origins of heavy elements

The gold that makes up your most precious jewelry may have been forged in a violent…

In new space race, scientists propose geoarchaeology can aid in preserving space heritage

As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the…

How rhomboid protease activity is regulated

Rhomboid proteases are a promising target for new drugs. Now researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare…

Supporting increased crop growth by regulating the expression of genes that support nitrogen fixation

An article describing research conducted by John Peters, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Chemistry and…

Biosurfactants can offer an environmentally friendly solution for tackling oil spills

Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team from the…