Search results for materials scientists

Condensed Matter Jul 21, 2026

Quantum sensing microscope illuminates transistor design

Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data, such as the billions of parameters in complex models, between separate ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 21, 2026

Atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other without using toxic chemicals

Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house and the MRI machine at your doctor's office. But first, they have to be mined and ...

Biochemistry Jul 21, 2026

Reinventing food packaging with safe and sustainable oxygen-scavenging biodegradable plastic

From ensuring that food remains fresh longer to extending its shelf life for future consumption, food packaging plays an indispensable role in modern society. Conventional food packaging plastics are sturdy and highly effective ...

Environment Jul 21, 2026

A fairer world without destroying the planet? It's possible

Imagine a future where everyone has enough, on a planet that stays livable. A new report makes the case that it's within reach.

General Physics Jul 21, 2026

AI agent helps prepare synchrotron X-ray experimental measurements, paving the way for autonomous operation

Artificial intelligence (AI) models are now used daily by many people worldwide, both for professional and personal purposes. Over the past decades, scientists specialized in various disciplines have also started using these ...

Environment Jul 21, 2026

Invisible microbes 'mining' toxic waste in the Flinders Ranges

New research from Monash University revealed that microscopic life is actively breaking down decades-old mining waste in South Australia, turning stable radioactive and toxic metals into mobile nanoparticles that can easily ...

Plants & Animals Jul 20, 2026

Ancestral variation, not new mutations, may impact survival of species facing climate change

Research co-authored by an Oklahoma Museum of Natural History curator, her graduate student and an international team of scientists has shed new light on the evolutionary "toolkit" animals use to survive environmental change.

Ecology Jul 20, 2026

Oystercatchers, known for sharp bills and beady eyes, are making a comeback thanks to conservation

On a pristine Rhode Island beach teeming with noisy seabirds, a group of biologists armed with nets sneak up on a pair of American oystercatcher chicks.

Cell & Microbiology Jul 20, 2026

Move over quokkas—Rottnest's salt lake bacteria could be the island's next big claim to fame

Scientists at Murdoch University have read the full genetic code of bacteria from the salt lakes of Wadjemup (Rottnest Island), giving them their clearest picture yet of how these tiny organisms could be used to make biodegradable ...

Earth Sciences Jul 20, 2026

Why AI's environmental footprint won't disappear into orbit

AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data center satellites and ultimately build them on the moon.

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