Pumpkin Peel Offers an Incredible New Way to Keep Food Fresh, Study Shows : ScienceAlert
Making food last for longer is something humans have been working on for millions of years, and we’re…
Scientists Find a Way Around a 160-Year-Old Law of Physics to Create Programmable Heat : ScienceAlert
There are certain laws of physics that heat must follow. Take Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, for example,…
The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold : ScienceAlert
Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge…
A Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse. Scientists Say The Effects May Reach California : ScienceAlert
Earth’s climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. Dust from North Africa’s Sahara Desert drifts thousands of…
This Week in Science: Tiny T. Rexes, a New Monkey Species, And More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: Surprisingly tiny T. rex hatchlings, an elusive new monkey species, and much more! First…
Scientists Solve The 40-Year Mystery of a Giant Structure Towering Over The Milky Way : ScienceAlert
Scientists have just discovered the Milky Way’s equivalent of a giant fake mustache. For four decades, astronomers have…
One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It : ScienceAlert
Across the world, entire species of frogs and toads are being wiped out by a relentless fungal infection,…
Astronauts Have Taken The First Human X‑Rays in Space : ScienceAlert
For more than 65 years, humans have been soaring through space. Since the first spaceflight by cosmonaut Yuri…
Quantum Computers Identify Nuclear Fusion Fuel in Major First : ScienceAlert
A major barrier to harnessing energy via nuclear fusion is the fuel source. Most proposed fusion reactors (the…
Spaceflight Seems to Damage Knee Cartilage, And Scientists May Have Found a Way to Protect It : ScienceAlert
Spaceflight is rough on the mammalian body. Fluids redistribute in surprising ways, heavy-duty protective equipment can cause physical…
Uranium-Eating Bacteria Leave Just 5% of The Radioactive Metal in Toxic Mine Water, Scientists Discover : ScienceAlert
One of the world’s largest uranium mines, the Wismut GmbH Schlema-Alberoda operation in what was then Soviet East…
Light Can Act as a Quantum Brake to Slow Movement in The Nanoworld, Scientists Discover : ScienceAlert
The fundamentals of light continue to fascinate scientists and reveal new secrets – including how its effects can…