For The Better

Different countries face different risks and opportunities as the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, researchers say.

A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine — an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride — is forged in the Universe. Astronomers have detected this element in a galaxy that is so far away its light has taken over 12 billion years to r…

Researchers have created a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as traditionally used materials, but can be repeatedly healed with heat, reversing any fatigue damage. This also provides a way to break it down and rec…

In dynamical systems research, a ‘basin of attraction’ is the set of all the starting points — usually close to one another — that arrive at the same final state as the system evolves through time. The researchers describe a simple argument showing w…

Whole Genome Sequencing from a single blood test picks up 31% more cases of rare genetic disorders than standard tests, shortening the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ affected families experience and providing huge opportunities for future research.

Depending on the outcome of social conflicts, ants of the species Harpegnathos saltator do something unusual: they can switch from a worker to a queen-like status known as gamergate. Now, researchers have made the surprising discovery that a single pro…

New evidence suggests that adding the targeted therapy ibrutinib (Imbruvica) to a standard chemotherapy regimen can improve how long some younger people with a specific form of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) live.

Researchers have revealed that most coralline algae experience negative effects from ocean acidification. Analysis of previous studies showed that changes in ocean chemistry can lead to declines in calcification rates, abundance, growth, and recruitmen…

Imaging practice leaders should carefully consider efforts to match interpretation of subspecialty examinations with radiologists’ fellowship training in the acute community setting, experts urge.

Researchers investigated the long-term contamination of Lake Onuma in Japan resulting from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. They devised a formula based on a framework known as the fractional diffusion model to predict the radioactive conta…

Researchers have pinpointed the likely origin of a group of meteorites ejected from Mars, using a machine learning algorithm that analyses high-resolution planetary images.

Astronomers have analyzed observations of Algol. They argue that Algol has many companion stars which have not been detected from earlier observations.

Mechanical engineers have devised a technique of ‘crystal capillary origami’ where salt crystals spontaneously encapsulate liquid droplets. The process offers a new method of nanostructure encapsulation for applications in food industries, drug deliver…

New production or recycling of cholesterol: The duration of the disorder makes all the difference.

Scientists have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight and air. The next goal will be to take this technology to industrial scale and achieve competitiveness. Researchers now describe how this novel solar reactor funct…

Landsat satellite data proved to be useful in the detection of the recent increase of Sphagnum mosses over wet aapa mires, a new study shows.

The diversity of threatened fish in estuaries increases when surrounded by forest cover, whereas estuaries surrounded by farmland show the opposite effect.