Fighting academic failures

Children from undereducated, low-income families face a greater risk of poor academic performance. But schools are…

Chandra finds stellar duos banished from galaxies

Scientists have found evidence that pairs of stars have been kicked out of their host galaxies.…

Study highlights vulnerability of rural coast to sea-level rise

Type “sea-level rise” in an internet search engine and almost all the resulting images will show…

Direct methane conversion under mild conditions by thermo-, electro- or photocatalysis reviewed

Direct conversion of Earth-abundant methane into value-added chemicals under mild conditions is an attractive technology in…

Plainification holds promise for improving material sustainability

Extensive alloying makes material development more dependent on scarce resources. Alloyed materials with complicated compositions are…

Centuries-old drawings lead to better understanding of fan-shaped auroras

Physics researchers and literature researchers have joined together to better understand the rare natural phenomenon of…

Imperfection is OK for better MOFs

Perfect crystals are not necessarily the most useful. Defects in the ordered crystalline structure of metal-organic…

How small can they get? Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba demonstrate that polymers could play a…

The mysterious case of the disappearing pencil cedar

Is it too early to talk about Christmas? Some might consider midway through May to be…

Researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the…