Sphalerite: A treasure trove of critical elements

Sphalerite is a very cool mineral. It is a beautiful, complex and diverse zinc sulfide (ZnS) mineral that also hosts a treasure trove of other critical elements. These include manganese, cadmium, mercury, indium, thallium, ...

Non-toxic weed control to boost crop production

A non-toxic, environmentally friendly method of controlling weeds and pests in horticultural crops that has already proved successful in the United States and Europe will now be tested in Australia through a project led by ...

A forward-looking approach to climate disaster preparation

Vulnerable communities in the Southeastern United States must look to the future, not the past, to prepare for climate disasters, according to researchers at the Feinstein International Center, located at Tufts University's ...

NASA's PUNCH catches first rainbow and other new images

As instrument commissioning and calibration checks continue for NASA's newly launched PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, its four spacecraft continue to deliver new images—including its first ...

Astronomers detect eleven new active galactic nuclei

Using the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences have investigated dozens of X-ray sources in all-sky surveys, which resulted in the detection of 11 new active galactic nuclei. ...

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