Air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide (NO2), primarily produced during fossil fuel combustion, pose a serious concern for human health, contributing to respiratory diseases like pulmonary edema, bronchitis, and asthma. Effective air-quality…
A popular wild mushroom, openly sold in markets and restaurants in southwest China, if not prepared properly, can cause a striking pattern of hallucinations straight out of a fairytale, according to the Natural History Museum of Utah.
The mushroom…
Should growing glacial lakes be used for energy production and water supply—or remain protected as ecologically valuable systems? A research team from the University of Potsdam, together with partners from the University of Leeds, has recorded…
Using cutting-edge material licensed from NASA, a protective heat shield manufactured in-house by Varda Space Industries for the first time enabled one of its capsules to blaze through Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday, marking a significant…
Right after the Big Bang, the universe existed as an ultra-hot, ultra-dense fluid made of quarks and gluons, the most basic building blocks of matter. Known as quark-gluon plasma, it can be imagined as the universe’s original soup, a chaotic…
Researchers from Drexel University who discovered a versatile type of two-dimensional conductive nanomaterial called MXene nearly a decade and a half ago, have now reported on a process for producing its one-dimensional cousin: the MXene…
Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Riverside research finds the secret to post-fire flourishing hidden in their genes. The study is…
Halley’s comet bears the name of the astronomer who famously first described its movements through space, but he wasn’t the first to discover its periodic orbit past Earth, new research suggests.
Halley’s comet is named for British astronomer…
Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new light-based nanotechnology that could improve how certain cancers are detected and treated, offering a more precise and potentially less harmful alternative to chemotherapy, radiation, and…
A project nearing completion in the Detroit area used a custom-built, diver-operated vehicle that can operate underwater and that replaced concrete liners for two raw water tunnels, eliminating the need for dewatering and diversion or…
