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Analytical Chemistry Oct 27, 2022

Revolutionary technique to generate hydrogen more efficiently from water

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made a serendipitous scientific discovery that could potentially revolutionize the way water is broken down to release hydrogen gas—an element crucial ...

Archaeology Oct 26, 2022

Ancient DNA pushes herring trade back to the Viking age

Historians have believed extensive herring trade started around the year 1200 AD, later controlled by the Hanseatic League. Now, a new study shows that it was already established in the Viking Age.

Cell & Microbiology Oct 19, 2022

Methane-eating 'Borgs' have been assimilating Earth's microbes

In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over the galaxy. Here on nonfictional planet Earth, Borgs are DNA packages that could help humans fight ...

Quantum Physics Oct 10, 2022

Nobel-winning quantum weirdness promises better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body

Unhackable communications devices, high-precision GPS and high-resolution medical imaging all have something in common. These technologies—some under development and some already on the market all rely on the non-intuitive ...

Quantum Physics Oct 4, 2022

Three scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics for work in quantum mechanics

Three scientists jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for proving that tiny particles could retain a connection with each other even when separated, a phenomenon once doubted but now being explored for potential ...

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2022

Digital nomads want to replace the nation state—is there a darker side to this quest for global freedom?

A 'network state' is ideologically aligned but geographically decentralized. The people are spread around the world in clusters of varying size, but their hearts are in one place.

Space Exploration Sep 2, 2022

It's not just rocket science: Hidden chemistry powers moon launches and sustains life in space

Many around the world will watch eagerly this Saturday as NASA launches Artemis I, the agency's first Moon exploration mission since the 1970s.

Plasma Physics Aug 19, 2022

Surprising attractiveness of hurdle to developing safe, clean and carbon-free energy

Scientists have discovered the remarkable impact of reversing a standard method for combatting a key obstacle to producing fusion energy on Earth. Theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics ...

Astronomy Aug 11, 2022

Rocket launch to image supernova remnant

A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the stars—well, a dead star, that is.

Biotechnology Aug 4, 2022

400-year-old Ecuadoran beer resurrected from yeast

Inside an old oak barrel, Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier Carvajal found the fungus of fortune: a 400-year-old yeast specimen that he has since managed to resurrect and use to reproduce what is believed to be Latin America's ...

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