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Archaeology Dec 7, 2023

Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise and fall of Roman Empire's frontier, reveal Slavic migrations

A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

Environment Dec 5, 2023

Researchers use AI to identify toxic substances in wastewater with greater accuracy and speed

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microplastics faster and more accurately than ever before.

Optics & Photonics Dec 4, 2023

Q&A: Unveiling a new era of imaging—engineers lead breakthrough microscopy techniques

When microscopes struggle to pick up faint signals, it's like trying to spot subtle details in a painting or photograph without your glasses. For researchers, this makes it difficult to catch the small things happening in ...

Earth Sciences Nov 30, 2023

Study identifies the 'fingerprints' of energy models exploring emission mitigation scenarios

Over the past decades, environmental scientists and engineers have been trying to devise effective solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. This has led to the creation ...

Earth Sciences Nov 27, 2023

Scientists 'fingerprint' methane to track a climate change culprit

Methane is the second-most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere, and its emissions have been rapidly—and mysteriously—rising since 2007. Though pervasive, the origin of the colorless compound is tricky to trace, ...

Space Exploration Nov 15, 2023

Scientists suspect there's ice hiding on the moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it

Building a space station on the moon might seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but each new lunar mission is bringing that idea closer to reality. Scientists are homing in on potential lunar ice reservoirs ...

Polymers Oct 31, 2023

Modeling polymers for next-generation manufacturing and sustainability

Polymers are large molecules that are made by linking a series of identical building blocks. They are attractive for manufacturing because they are inexpensive and easy to process and modify.

Earth Sciences Oct 24, 2023

Biological fingerprints in soil show where diamond-containing ore is buried

Researchers have identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home of diamonds, by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil.

Biotechnology Oct 20, 2023

At the foreshore of sustainable fishing: A new tool to tackle seafood fraud

Warming waters due to climate change, pollution, overfishing and fraud in the seafood supply chain means that knowing where your seafood comes from, and that it has been sourced sustainably and without forced labor, is as ...

Astrobiology Oct 19, 2023

The combination of oxygen and methane could reveal the presence of life on another world

In searching for life in the universe, a field known as astrobiology, scientists rely on Earth as a template for biological and evolutionary processes. This includes searching for Earth analogs, rocky planets that orbit within ...

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