Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier could ‘snowball’ towards collapse, as a study shows the ice is melting faster than expected.
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh predict that the glacier – whose official name is Thwaites – could shed 200…
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Fritz Strassmann: the principled chemist who discovered nuclear fission and opposed the Nazis
- Friedrich (Fritz) Strassmann was a modest but exceptionally skilled analytical chemist whose precise laboratory work with Otto Hahn was crucial in identifying barium in neutron‑irradiated uranium, paving the way for the…
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Electron microscopy reveals how mitochondrial stress proteins remodel to protect cells
Cryo-electron tomography shows the mitochondrial protein mHsp60 restructures itself under stress to boost folding activity, offering clues to Parkinson’s disease.
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A 100-year-old theory might explain what’s wrong with quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics is both the most powerful theory physicists have ever devised and the most baffling. On the one hand, countless experiments have confirmed its predictions; the theory undergirds modern technology and enables the electronic…
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Scientists create first-of-its-kind ‘hexagonal diamond’ harder than real thing
Chinese scientists claim to have created the long theorised hexagonal diamond, stronger than…
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A strange new quantum state appears when atoms get “frustrated”
In the laboratory of UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Stephen Wilson, researchers are investigating the physics behind unusual states of matter while designing materials that could support properties useful for future quantum technologies.
In…
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Can Ashwagandha gummies help kids focus better?
A randomized placebo-controlled trial suggests that Ashwagandha gummies could help boost processing speed and sleep quality in children with attention and memory concerns, offering early evidence for a potential herbal approach to…
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Could reduced air pollution from climate mitigation boost crop yields and lower hunger risk?
An international research team used multiple global agroeconomic models and found that climate mitigation consistent with the 1.5 °C target could raise global hunger risk in 2050 by 17% (56 million people) compared with a baseline scenario that…
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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius: The only surviving larger-than-life-size statue of a pagan Roman emperor — a rarity that Michelangelo refurbished
A 13.9-foot-tall (4.24 meters) bronze equestrian statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. (Image credit: Getty Images) QUICK FACTS
Name: Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
What it is: A bronze statue of a Roman emperor on horseback
Where it…
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Netflix’s 28 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows to Stream Right Now
When discussing science fiction on Netflix, titles that usually come up in conversation are the genre heavy-hitters like Black Mirror and Stranger Things. They have the right to be there, obviously. But when it comes to sci-fi shows, Netflix’s…
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