There’s a new form of boron — and it’s really weird
Boron carbide, also known as black diamond, is one of the hardest synthetic substances known. Credit: Science Museum…
Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them
We might soon be able to read thousands of long-lost ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Vesuvius.…
Underground hydrogen could spur a green-energy revolution — if companies can find it
In almost 30 countries, energy prospectors are hunting for a potential game changer in the quest to fight…
This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution
Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on…
A superconductivity record that stood for 30 years has been broken
For more than 30 years, one number stood as a stubborn barrier in superconductivity research: 133 kelvin, or…
AI is taking on antibiotic resistance — here’s how
Some bacteria are becoming resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to control them.Credit: NIAID/NIH/Science Photo Library When it…
A New Way to Fight Climate Change Emerges From Erupting Volcano
When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apa submarine volcano erupted in 2022, it spewed roughly 2.9 billion tons of ash…
Synthetic blood clots snap cells together to staunch bleeding — fast
Natural blood clots, which include platelets (light blue clumps) and red blood cells in a fibrin mesh, can…
Laser pulses reveal ‘rugby ball’ shape of Universe’s heaviest atoms
Some of the heaviest atoms in the universe barely exist long enough to be studied, but scientists have…
Quantum computers still struggle with chemistry’s hardest calculations
One of the biggest promises of quantum computing is the ability to simulate molecules with unprecedented accuracy. If…
High-temperature superconducting dome mapped in nickelate thin films
Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in their data—a dome. In…
Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and bizarre shape
Representation of the electrons in the “half-Möbius”-shaped molecule IBM Research and the University of Manchester Chemists have discovered…