New material shows promise for next-generation memory technology

Phase change memory is a type of nonvolatile memory that harnesses a phase change material’s (PCM)…

Spherulitic lead calcium apatite could reduce effectiveness of phosphate dosing, study suggests

Small amounts of phosphate are added to tap waters in the UK to prevent lead leaching…

The incredible journey of clownfish larvae: Mini athletes, maximum performance

Marine fish larvae can be compared to athletes who must perform if they want to survive.…

Researchers discover safe, easy, and affordable way to store and retrieve hydrogen

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have discovered a compound…

Signs of the human era, from nuclear fallout to microplastics

As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transformed the planet enough to warrant our…

How the weight of the world fell on one geologist's shoulders

In 1981, newly minted palaeobiologist Jan Zalasiewicz assumed he was headed for a discreet career retrieving…

Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapter

Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission…

Proof humans reshaped the world? Chickens

When aliens or our distant progeny sift through layers of sediment 500,000 years from now to…

'Like a mirror': Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet

A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet…

In search of a lost cemetery, dig begins at a former Native American school in Nebraska

Bodies of dozens of children who died at a Native American boarding school have been lost…