More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world's ...

A German–Israeli research team led by Dr. Andreas Furchner has demonstrated how imaging ellipsometry enables non-destructive characterization and quality control of microstructured MXene thin films ...

Solo living in your own home places a greater strain on the planet's resources than living with others, as everyone needs ...

When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

Like schools of fish and flocks of birds, our cells can also migrate collectively in coordination with their neighbors. This ...

Society depends on chemistry far more than we consciously realize, from medicines to energy to electronics. However, chemistry is viewed with as much apprehension as gratitude, because of the ...

The mechanism of high-temperature (TC) superconductivity is a key challenge in condensed matter physics. Recently, Chinese scientists made significant progress in the study of high-TC nickelate ...

Biomolecules, also known as organic molecules, include sugars, proteins and lipids and are the building blocks of all life.

Researchers at Kyoto University and Tohoku University have developed a new porous polymer gel that selectively recognizes ...

Thawing permafrost is rapidly transforming dozens of Arctic streams into acidic, metal-laden waterways, according to new ...

In the crushing darkness of the hadal zone—deep ocean trenches plunging 6,000 m to nearly 11,000 m—scientists have uncovered ...

Natural geological processes have been regulating Earth's climate for millions of years. Accelerated versions of these ...