Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City
Methane is one of the most powerful drivers of global warming, yet scientists may have overlooked a major…
U.S. Waste Holds $5.7 Billion Worth of Crop Nutrients
A study suggests that nutrients recovered from animal and human waste could significantly offset U.S. reliance on synthetic…
Fantastic Fungi Found with Ability to Freeze Water
Newswise — Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that…
Nanoplastics Can Interact with Salmonella to Affect Food Safety, Study Shows
Newswise — URBANA, Ill. – Plastic products are ubiquitous in our food supply chain, shedding microplastics into every…
Tiny RNA Molecules in Sperm, Big Impact on Baby Health
Key takeawaysThe study pinpoints a specific sperm-enriched RNA that is actively packaged during sperm maturation and delivered to…
UW Researchers Use Satellite Data to Quantify Methane Loss in the Stratosphere
Newswise — Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities. Although there is less methane in…
CRISPR Unlocks a New Path to Stronger Medicinal Plants
Newswise — Medicinal plants synthesize a wide range of specialized metabolites that form the foundation of many modern…
New Standard for Hexavalent Chromium Analysis: Improving Accuracy with synchrotron X-ray Technology
Newswise — A team of Korean researchers has developed a reference material that significantly improves the accuracy of…
Particle pollution from wildfire smoke was tied to 24,100 deaths a year in US: Study
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the…
Climate change worsened rains and floods in southern Africa, study shows
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Human-caused climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods that devastated parts of southern Africa,…
Viruses in Wastewater: Silent Drivers of Pollution Removal and Antibiotic Resistance
Newswise — These findings suggest that current monitoring strategies, which rely heavily on bacterial indicators alone, may miss…
Ancient Antarctica Reveals a ‘One–Two Punch’ Behind Ice Sheet Collapse, New Research Shows
BYLINE: Jennifer Micale Newswise — When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the…