In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun

Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa's Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in ...

New X-ray method captures solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids simultaneously

Researchers have developed a method for making simultaneous soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of ...

Examining pandemic-informed coordinated responses to domestic violence

Though the immediate disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have passed, the six-year anniversary of the event's onset allows ...

Polyphenol structures reveal why tea, cocoa and fruit compounds taste so different

A pilot study has developed a new sensory evaluation method that links the chemical structures of polyphenols with their distinct taste properties. Using trained human panelists, researchers showed ...

Parental cooperation with kindergarten is most important way to support preschoolers' academic skills, study finds

Research into the academic skills of five-year-old children shows that parents' beliefs and cooperation with their ...

Nanoparticles inspired by lung fluid improve therapies targeting respiratory system

The CIC biomaGUNE Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials has developed pulmonary surfactant nanoparticles (the blend ...

Rice–fish co-culturing could help curb schistosomiasis while increasing food production

The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world, with the vast majority of ...

Managing hydrogen emissions is key to maximizing climate benefits as hydrogen use expands, say researchers

Current estimates of hydrogen's climate impact are now sufficiently robust to inform policy and business decision-making, ...

Smarter land use could unlock biodiversity, climate and economic gains across 146 countries

National governments and multilateral institutions face difficult challenges reconciling environmental goals, such as biodiversity conservation and addressing climate change, with economic development ...

Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth

A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available ...

Measuring gravitational waves in a humming universe with a coordinate-free approach

Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in spacetime. Their first direct detection in 2015 marked a revolutionary moment in ...

Easily overlooked small wetlands are a big source of global methane

Waterlogged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world's largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of wetlands emit this powerful greenhouse gas. In a study from The University ...