Specialized microchips that manage signals at the cutting edge of wireless technology are astounding works of miniaturization and engineering. They’re...
Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development...
City dwellers avoid exposure to extremely hot weather events by ‘ordering in’ from food delivery services, a new study shows....
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9% higher death rates from major mortality causes...
After so many years learning how microbes work, researchers are now digitally recreating their inner workings to tackle challenges ranging...
A research team has developed an innovative technology to dramatically improve the charging speed of lithium–sulfur batteries. The team used...
A new study used acoustic sensors that detect the sound of gunfire to show how often children in one Chicago...
Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter’s clouds....
Nuclear fission is the most reliable source of antineutrinos, but they are difficult to characterize. A recent study suggests how...
One of the hardest-working organisms in the ocean is the tiny, emerald-tinged Prochlorococcus marinus. These single-celled “picoplankton,” which are smaller...
A slow climate feedback loop may be bubbling beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet. The continent, divided east to west by...
From photographs of decimated buildings to military and civilian casualty counts to narratives of suffering, news media bring information about...
