For The Better

Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels will dominate the world’s energy mix for decades to come. If the vast greenhouse gas …

Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a study into the pest’s genetics.

Methane is particularly targeted for curbing greenhouse gas emissions because its significant global-warming potential in the short term exceeds carbon dioxide by over 80-fold. However, monitoring methane emissions and compiling their quantities have b…

The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West killing subalpine fir in northern Utah’s recreation-heavy mountain ranges and canyons. Rsearchers document a close association between the pest’s sprea…

Researchers present a novel framework that uses image-mining techniques and machine learning algorithms to identify flaws in counterfeit coins. The researchers’ framework uses fuzzy association rules mining to find patterns that are similar but ‘fuzzy,…

A new system could enable simple, low-cost detectors for monitoring water for lead contamination, and potentially other heavy metals as well.

Scientists have documented the benefits of lactate burning in exercising humans, but few studies have looked at the role of lactate during rest or after a meal. Exercise physiologists challenged fasting men and women with a carbohydrate meal and then m…

A research team has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage and the severity of verbal memory impairment in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Verbal memory refers to the cognitive ab…

Researchers have recast diffusion in multicomponent alloys as a sum of individual contributions, called ‘kinosons.’ Using machine learning to compute the statistical distribution of the individual contributions, they were able to model the alloy and ca…