Bacteria Turn Toxic Uranium Into a Surprisingly Stable Compound
Nanoparticles form in bacterial membranes within mine water. Credit: HZDR/J. Raff/E. Krawczyk-Bärsch/edited with AIBacteria may offer an unexpected…
Study finds heatwaves cause hourly losses of up to 90% in PV plants in Iberian peninsula
Scientists from the University of Évora in Portugal have analyzed the performance of three photovoltaic plants in Spain…
6,000-year-old infant from ancient Mesopotamia shows one of the world’s oldest signs of child abuse
A 6,000-year-old infant buried in ancient Syria has given researchers what looks like the oldest known case of…
Nearly 3 million people evacuated as Typhoon Bavi batters eastern China
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Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees – Scientists Want To Know Why
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild…
During Aging, Cells Develop a Preference for Short Genes
Cells transcribe active genes into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules, using a crucial complex known as RNA polymerase II.…
IEEE Remembers Computer Scientist Peter G. Neumann
The computing community recently lost one of its enduring voices: IEEE Fellow Peter G. Neumann. The renowned computer…
Last Chance To See Jupiter Before It Disappears Until November
Topline Since its celestial “kiss” with Venus in June, Jupiter has been slowly sinking towards the sun as…
Earth’s inner core is not rock but a sphere of solid iron-rich metal, smaller than the Moon yet probably more massive. As the planet gradually loses heat, liquid metal freezes onto its surface, expanding it by roughly a millimetre each year.
The centre of Earth is easy to imagine wrongly. It is not a cavern, not a furnace of…
Scientists Ponder a New Climate Defense Tactic: Throwing Shade at El Niño – Mother Jones
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A red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1, just 40 light-years from Earth, hosts seven Earth-sized planets — including three orbiting in the narrow zone where liquid water could potentially survive
TRAPPIST-1 is not impressive by the usual standards of stargazing. It is too faint to see with the…
A supercharged El Niño is coming
Shaun Martin is vice president for adaptation and resilience at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the United…