Research, climate change, and environmental issues.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has given the world its closest view yet of Neptune’s shining auroras. It photographed glimmering lights in infrared for the first time, confirming what scientists have long suspected since the late 1980s. The auroras of the planet were originally weakly seen in ultraviolet light by Voyager 2 when it flew…
What if the waste from sugar production could be used to improve gut health and replace plastic? That’s exactly what a team of researchers in Denmark is working on. Its early results suggest it could be a game-changer. Using new enzyme-based technology, scientists can now separate the different fiber types in sugar beet pulp. It’s the plant…
Coca-Cola is pushing vending technology to new heights with its hydrogen-powered vending machine that does not require being plugged into a wall socket. The company will be installing 58 of these machines at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, which opens to the public on April 13, 2025. This new technology has the potential to…
The presence of a toxic and invasive pufferfish further north into the Mediterranean has been alarming experts. On May 13, 2024, researchers discovered a silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) in the Bay of Medulin, located in Croatia’s northern Adriatic Sea. This fish was a male measuring 522 mm in length and weighing 1.33 kg, caught at…
A new long-term study from The Holden Arboretum reveals just how devastating beech leaf disease (BLD) has become. After tracking 263 American beech trees over a 10-year period, researchers found that 30% have died since the disease appeared in northeast Ohio in 2014, with the worst impacts coming in the last three years. “We saw an exponential…
In a story that began over a decade ago and only recently found its breakthrough. Back in 2013, scientists exploring the Clarion-Clipperton zone of the Pacific Ocean dropped a lander system 4,000 meters below the surface. When it returned, it brought back bubbles which was strange and unexpected. But instead of digging deeper, the team…
Artificial intelligence keeps getting more powerful—but there’s a catch. As models get bigger and smarter, they need to move massive amounts of data, and that uses up a ton of energy. Now, a team of researchers from Columbia Engineering and Cornell University has come up with a solution: a tiny 3D chip that can transfer…
In a groundbreaking find, astronomers have identified 2,674 hitherto unseen dwarf galaxies from only 25 images of the Euclid space telescope, which was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). The finding contributes an enormous amount of data to our knowledge of how the universe is shaped and how galaxies develop and change. The study…
On the isolated and biologically diverse Galápagos Islands, the planet’s most exceptional wildlife is just starting to demonstrate the influence of human existence, including birds. Galápagos yellow warblers have become more hostile upon exposure to road noise, according to a recent study, even on islands where there are extremely few automobiles. The study, which was…
Today, for the first time, researchers have directly witnessed the first motion of unwinding DNA, a fundamental process on which all living things rest. This breakthrough brings a better understanding of the processes through which cells duplicate genetic information, an aspect of growth and reproduction. At King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the…
