Gold nanostars make voltage-sensing proteins brighter and several times faster
Gold nanostars positioned near engineered voltage-sensing proteins made their fluorescence brighter and their electrical responses several times faster…
Arthropods Lag Far Behind Other Animals in Conservation Assessment and Protection, Study Shows
Most U.S. insects and arachnids remain unassessed for conservation risk, and even many known at-risk species lack legal…
Pikachu in space! New ESA-Pokemon partnership sends the electric mouse to the ISS
Pikachu is one of Earth’s newest outer space ambassadors, thanks to a new partnership. The European Space Agency…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
Colorado wildlife officers release mountain lion after capture in Westminster neighborhood
A mountain lion that was captured in a Westminster neighborhood earlier this week has been released in Douglas County.…
Smartphone Detects Uranium with Dual-metal Probe
Uranium contamination in water poses a serious challenge because uranyl ions, the most stable form of uranium in…
Fighting Fire With Fire Could Save Giant Sequoias
A forester sprays a giant sequoia during a controlled burn in 2009 in Kings Canyon National Park. About…
During a close pass over comet 67P, Rosetta’s star trackers registered hundreds of sunlit dust grains as “false stars,” disorienting a spacecraft more than 400 million kilometres from Earth and forcing it into safe mode.
On 28 March 2015, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft passed about 14 kilometres above the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. That…
2D magnets convert microwaves to light for future quantum networks
A layered magnetic semiconductor could help solve one of the toughest problems in quantum networking. Researchers want to…
Snake bites described as a “silent crisis” in Papua New Guinea
It’s being described as a “silent crisis” in Papua New Guinea, a deadly injury with a mortality rate…
NASA-JAXA XRISM Spots Pulsar Catching Companion’s Wind
Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant…
Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards | Adam Morton
The fight within the Greens that led senators to cross the floor last week over koala protection in…