Earliest known compact quasar pair poses a black hole growth puzzle

The oldest pair of compact quasars ever observed has been found only 900 million years after the Big Bang. Scientists say ...

High-achieving disadvantaged students are far less likely to take and pass entrance exams for selective schools

Disadvantaged students are less likely than their more advantaged peers with similar attainment to take and pass entrance ...

Antarctic water analysis reveals unexpected stability in dissolved organic carbon

Researchers have analyzed water samples collected during two expeditions aboard the research icebreaker Polarstern to ...

Local AI trained on gut microbe data could help African livestock withstand heat

In a study published in Agriculture, researchers from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) propose a policy roadmap for an ...

New approach boosts plastic-eating enzyme's activity nearly tenfold

Researchers from King's College London and Rutgers University in New Jersey created a modified enzyme (a protein that speeds ...