New report maps mining impacts of the energy transition in the Americas

On the heels of COP-26, where global leaders agreed to make unprecedented investments in the energy…

Tempera painting probed on the molecular scale

In contrast to the oil painting technique that supplanted it at the end of the 15th…

On-chip frequency shifters in the gigahertz range could be used in next generation quantum computers and networks

The ability to precisely control and change properties of a photon, including polarization, position in space,…

Fluorescence lifetime imaging to study DNA compaction and gene activities

Optical imaging is useful to investigate the structure and function of cellular genomes, but it is…

New breakthrough in surface-based groundwater measurement

Based on recent breakthroughs in instruments and data modeling, researchers from the Department of Geoscience and…

Robust approach needed to reduce risk of disease transmission between humans and wild animals

The threat of disease transmission from conservationists moving wild animals between habitats or back into the…

Robots in Europe vote for the radical right

Exposure to automation led to an increase in support for radical-right parties in Western European countries…

Using the principle behind coffee ring effect in quantum dot arrays

If spilled coffee is not immediately wiped off, it leaves behind a stain where the edges…

A new topological magnet with colossal angular magnetoresistance

While electrons are well known to carry both charge and spin, only the electric charge portion…

Sugar could help repair artificial human joints

A sugar-containing polymer coating could one day help repair artificial joint implants, like hip replacements, when…