New Nevada experiments will improve monitoring of nuclear explosions
On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the goal to improve detection of low-yield nuclear exp…
New study challenges one-size-fits-all approach to vitamin D supplementation guidelines
A new study sheds light on the complexities of achieving optimal vitamin D status across diverse populations. Despite substantial research on the determinants of vitamin D, levels of vitamin D deficiency remain high. Researchers believe their findings …
Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion.
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New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
Scientists have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.
The Animal Wonderland of Les Lalanne
Blending zoomorphic elements with a fanciful aesthetic, the artist duo’s functional animal sculptures evoked a sense of wonder and enchantment.
For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths
Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in affecting the ocean’s chemistry and ecosystem, according to…
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed
The global demand for palm oil — the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick — is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many studies have shown the loss of biodiversity when rainfores…
Scientists track ‘doubling’ in origin of cancer cells
Working with human breast and lung cells, scientists say they have charted a molecular pathway that can lure cells down a hazardous path of duplicating their genome too many times, a hallmark of cancer cells.
Physicists arrange atoms in extremely close proximity
Physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations that could generate the first purely magnetic quantum …
Cost-effective, high-capacity, and cyclable lithium-ion battery cathodes
Charge-recharge cycling of lithium-superrich iron oxide, a cost-effective and high-capacity cathode for new-generation lithium-ion batteries, can be greatly improved by doping with readily available mineral elements.
Cancer patients gain important benefits from genome-matched treatments
A new study provides compelling evidence that genome-matched treatments can provide significant patient benefit.
Small molecule shows early-stage promise for repairing myelin sheath damage
A breakthrough study appears to overcome difficulties that have long frustrated previous attempts to reverse a form of nerve damage that robs people with MS of motor control and gradually blunts cognitive functions for many people as they age.