/ en-us ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted. /news/2025-11-landmark-paris-agreement-path-world.html Environment Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:28:42 EST news681920916 Children and bacteria—normally they're a parental nightmare, a cocktail of late-night pediatrician calls and ruined weekends. /news/2025-11-tamagotchi-alive-toy-prototype-full.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:30:01 EST news681733642 This week, researchers reported finding a spider megacity in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border, and experts say that you, personally, have to go live there. Economists are growing nervous about the collapse of the trillion-dollar AI bubble. And a new study links physical activity levels with the risk of digestive system cancers. /news/2025-11-saturday-citations-black-hole-flare.html Other Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:30:01 EST news681742540 Placing materials under extremely strong magnetic fields can give rise to unusual and fascinating physical phenomena or behavior. Specifically, studies show that under magnetic fields above 100 tesla (T), spins (i.e., intrinsic magnetic orientations of electrons) and atoms start forming new arrangements, promoting new phases of matter or stretching a crystal lattice. /news/2025-11-solid-oxygen-crystal-extreme-magnetic.html General ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Condensed Matter Sat, 08 Nov 2025 07:30:02 EST news681643943 James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. /news/2025-11-james-watson-discoverer-helix-dna.html Other Molecular & Computational biology Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:52:09 EST news681803497 A new delivery particle developed at MIT could make mRNA vaccines more effective and potentially lower the cost per vaccine dose. /news/2025-11-nanoparticles-mrna-delivery-vaccine-dosage.html Bio & Medicine Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:50:01 EST news681738332 Graphite, the primary anode material in lithium-ion batteries, has become central to energy storage technologies and a growing focus of supply chain concerns. Even as graphite demand is rising faster than lithium demand, global production remains highly concentrated and carbon-intensive. /news/2025-11-experts-outline-cleaner-resilient-options.html Materials Science Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:58:55 EST news681746319 Teacher education often receives criticism for being too theoretical. Many students lack more training in how to teach in practice when they enter schools. They now receive this at the University of Agder (UiA) through Amalie Sødal's teaching. /news/2025-11-personal-resource-banks-math-teachers.html Mathematics Education Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:44:35 EST news681741869 For the first time, researchers have made niobium sulfide metallic nanotubes with stable, predictable properties, a long-sought goal in advanced materials science. According to the international team, including a researcher at Penn State, that made the accomplishment, the new nanomaterial that could open the door to faster electronics, efficient electricity transport via superconductor wires and even future quantum computers was made possible with a surprising ingredient: table salt. /news/2025-11-table-salt-enables-metallic-nanotubes.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:41:04 EST news681741662 A team of researchers at the Max Born Institute have managed to fully characterize few-femtosecond-long light pulses tunable in the vacuum ultraviolet. These results unlock the possibility for studying valence electron dynamics of many materials in the VUV. The research is published in the journal Nature Photonics. /news/2025-11-ultrafast-vuv-pulses-fully-characterized.html Optics & Photonics Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:07:03 EST news681739621 A team of European researchers has developed a versatile, open-source luminescence imaging instrument designed to democratize access to advanced fluorescence and electroluminescence techniques across disciplines ranging from plant science to materials research. /news/2025-11-source-macroscope-dynamic-luminescence-imaging.html Optics & Photonics Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:54:04 EST news681738842 An eco-friendly system capable of producing propylene oxide (PO) without external electricity or sunlight has been developed. PO is a vital raw material used in manufacturing household items such as polyurethane for sofas and mattresses, as well as polyester for textiles and water bottles. /news/2025-11-key-plastic-ingredient-house-generated.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:45:21 EST news681738311 India's push to blend ethanol with gasoline shows the benefits and challenges of the sustainable fuel efforts being showcased at global climate talks this week. /news/2025-11-biofuel-pledge-climate-summit-highlights.html Environment Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:17:32 EST news681733045 A team of researchers has discovered a new way to make valuable industrial chemicals from propylene using a common, low-cost material: lead dioxide (PbOâ‚‚). /news/2025-11-oxygen-hidden-role-propylene-chemicals.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:52:04 EST news681727922 Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive option for European researchers studying reliable food sources for long-duration missions. /news/2025-11-insects-space-menu-sustainable-food.html Space Exploration Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:26:04 EST news681726361 A new collagen fingerprinting tool can help scientists identify species from archaeological bone fragments. Pacific islanders of the late Stone Age, also known as the Neolithic period, were master fishers. Archaeological evidence indicates that these groups caught fish both inshore as well as in open waters. /news/2025-11-stone-age-pacific-fishing-revealed.html Archaeology Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:20:01 EST news681644207 Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines with even more missing and then hit Vietnam Friday. A second typhoon, Fong-Wong, is forecast to hit the Philippines around Sunday and strengthen to a major storm by that time. /news/2025-11-hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-difference.html Environment Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:29:48 EST news681712181 A team at Carnegie Mellon University is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural network. /news/2025-11-plush-neuron-ai-approachable-neural.html Education Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:40:03 EST news681644267 Short ultraviolet/ozone (UVO) treatment optimizes cell adhesion on plastic culture substrates by selectively enriching adhesion proteins, as reported by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo. Their latest study explains the underlying reason why there is an optimal UVO treatment time, with the optimal surface condition arising when the ability to selectively adsorb and immobilize key adhesion proteins is maximized. This study paves the way for the design of polymeric materials used in medical research. /news/2025-11-revealing-cells-adhere-surface-plastic.html Biochemistry Polymers Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:11:04 EST news681671462 In the world of optics, tiny structures called microcavities—often no wider than a human hair—play a crucial role in technologies ranging from lasers to sensors. /news/2025-11-peering-3d-chaotic-microcavities-ray.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:19:03 EST news681668341 Researchers have been developing computers that deploy light (photons) rather than electricity to power storage and calculations. These light-based computers have the potential to be more energy efficient than traditional computers while also running calculations at greater speeds. /news/2025-11-gyromorphs-combine-liquid-crystal-traits.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:17:03 EST news681668221 Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers, and more, through the movement of electrons within a circuit. While we can't see these electrons, electric currents moving through a conductor flow like water through a pipe to produce electricity. /news/2025-11-quantum-pinball-state-electrons-insulating.html Condensed Matter Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:40:02 EST news681662267 Quantum computers are powerful, lightning-fast and notoriously difficult to connect to one another over long distances. /news/2025-11-breakthrough-quantum-200x-distance.html Optics & Photonics Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:21:08 EST news681661262 Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that "boards" a superconducting material can zip through it without stopping and losing energy along the way. As such, superconductors are extremely energy efficient, and are used today to power a variety of applications, from MRI machines to particle accelerators. /news/2025-11-physicists-key-evidence-unconventional-superconductivity.html Superconductivity Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:07 EST news681558226 Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules. A central part of this network is folate metabolism, a process that provides vital chemical units for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and amino acids. /news/2025-11-enzyme-doesnt-nudt5-dna-block.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:04 EST news681556503 The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head. /news/2025-11-evolution-human-height-mathematician-physical.html Evolution Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:58:13 EST news681659880 For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons teaming up in pairs), which is essential to helping scientists find one of the holy grails of physics—superconductors that work at room temperature. /news/2025-11-quantum-aid-room-temperature-superconductors.html Superconductivity Quantum ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵics Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:53:49 EST news681659565 Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have used three-dimensional atomic force microscopy (AFM) and molecular dynamics simulations to determine the structure of water in the hydration of different types of chitin nanocrystals and how this affects their mechanical properties, reactivities, and interactions with enzymes and reactants. /news/2025-11-unraveling-effect-chitin-nanocrystals.html Nanomaterials Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:08:04 EST news681656881 Current U.S. immigration enforcement and deportation policies are producing widespread harm to physical and mental health, with family separation and the specters of fear and intimidation affecting the well-being of immigrant and non-immigrant communities. /news/2025-11-deportations-national-health-crisis.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:01 EST news681644310 Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost method to drive key chemical reactions, which could make large-scale drug manufacturing faster, more accessible and affordable. /news/2025-11-simply-chemical.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:58:03 EST news681652681