Four decades of data give unique insight into the sun's inner life

Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun's internal structure subtly ...

The 'Bloom cycle' is a newly described biochemical pathway that explains key plant processes

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, ...

Pollen exposure linked to poorer exam results taken at the end of secondary school

Pollen exposure is linked to poorer exam results taken at the end of secondary (high) school (matriculation), with the ...

'Mismatched' plant water isotopes vanish with better sampling: Study points to better drought forecasts

For decades, scientists have relied on a chemical fingerprint inside water molecules to determine where plants get their ...

Hard-to-make diastereomers: How a cage-like allyl reagent changes the outcome

Diastereomers are structurally identical molecules that are not mirror images of each other. Diastereomers can have different ...

A fanged frog long thought to be one species is revealing itself to be several

When a new species is discovered, it's tempting to imagine an adventure novel, said Chan Kin Onn of Michigan State University ...

From hyperbolic in-plane anisotropy to an optical chirality: A new route to nanoscale circular polarizers

In recent years, van der Waals crystals have evolved from scientific curiosities into a versatile platform for exploring ...

The wetland puzzle that stumped hydrology for decades—how physics and AI joined forces to predict unmeasured regions

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...

Examining public perceptions of assisted reproductive technologies in wildlife conservation

A recent study published in PLOS ONE has shed light on public perceptions of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in ...

Urban trees can absorb more CO₂ than cars emit on some summer days, Munich study shows

How much carbon dioxide do parks and individual trees in cities absorb, and how much do they release? To answer this question ...

A community-driven standard for reporting metal–organic framework syntheses

Scientists at the EU4MOFs research network have taken the initiative to standardize the reporting of synthetic procedures and material properties of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). To this aim, they ...