Scientists make clean hydrogen from sunlight and water—no platinum needed
Hydrogen is often described as a dream fuel for a cleaner future. When it is used, it produces only water, not carbon dioxide.
But turning...
Grasshopper wings spark a new way for robots to glide
Sometimes scientific breakthroughs begin in unlikely places. For a team of engineers and entomologists from Princeton University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, it started...
Hacking the unhackable? Why quantum computers need a new kind of cybersecurity
Quantum computers are often described as the future of computing.
They promise enormous speed and power that could transform medicine, finance, materials science, and many...
Common pesticide may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease
A new study from UCLA Health has found that living near areas where the pesticide chlorpyrifos was used for long periods may increase the...
Scientists find the hidden source of powerful gamma rays
When the Sun unleashes its most violent eruptions, known as solar flares, it floods space with intense radiation, including powerful gamma rays.
For decades, scientists...
Your sleep could reveal your future health, AI shows
A bad night of sleep usually means feeling tired the next day. But it could also be a warning sign for serious health problems...
AI can see thyroid cancer clearly in surgery
Thyroid cancer is the most common type of cancer in the endocrine system, and the number of cases keeps rising as more people are...
Young galaxies grow up fast, study finds
Astronomers have captured the most detailed look yet at faraway galaxies at the peak of their youth, an active time when the adolescent galaxies...
Why cooling chips to −60°c makes etching up to five times faster
After more than ten years of development, engineers have unveiled a new semiconductor etching method that could significantly speed up chip manufacturing while reducing...
Scientists find an unexpected metal that could make hydrogen fuel cheaper
A metal most people rarely think about may play an important role in the future of clean energy.
Researchers from Yale University and the University...
Astronomers see a supernova from 10 billion years ago using nature’s own telescope
Astronomers have discovered something truly remarkable: the first-ever gravitationally lensed superluminous supernova that can be seen as multiple, clearly separated images.
The distant explosion, named...
Scientists create new composite that makes brittle ceramics bend, not break
Ceramics are known for being extremely strong and heat-resistant, but they also have a major weakness: they break easily.
Metals, on the other hand, can...
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Chemists crack 100-year-old mystery behind copper-catalyzed reaction
For over a century, one of chemistry’s most important reactions has kept a secret.
The Ullmann reaction, first discovered in the early 1900s, is widely...
How tiny phytoplankton are thriving as the seas warm
A new study has revealed that an "invisible forest" of tiny organisms called phytoplankton is thriving in certain parts of our warming oceans.
Phytoplankton are...
Scientists use light to reveal hidden magnetic regions in quantum materials
Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the University of Tokyo have discovered a new way to visualize tiny magnetic regions, called magnetic domains, in...
New fabric could protect against both biological and chemical threats
A Northwestern University research team has developed a versatile composite fabric that can deactivate both biological threats, such as the novel coronavirus that causes...
Rapid spin delays the collapse of merged neutron stars into black hole
When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge to form a black hole — an event recorded in 2017 by gravitational wave...