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Environment 7 hours ago

How pooling solutions can be strengthened in road transport

Less than a hundred kilos of human weight, more than two metric tons of steel: individual road transport is a huge climate killer, and switching to electric vehicles is only part of the solution because manufacturing the ...

Analytical Chemistry 8 hours ago

Chainmail catalysts: Carbon-encapsulated FeNi alloys for enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis

Rapid growth in global energy demand has caused massive depletion of traditional fossil fuels and serious environmental problems, and there is no doubt that the development of efficient energy storage and conversion technologies ...

Biochemistry 8 hours ago

Machine learning model uncovers new drug design opportunities

Pathogens are nothing if not adaptable, and their ability to protect themselves against antibiotics increasingly poses a public health concern. A research team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory has used machine learning, ...

Earth Sciences 8 hours ago

How 'glowing' plants could help scientists predict flash drought

An unusual boost in plant productivity can foreshadow severe soil water loss, and NASA satellites are following the clues.

Earth Sciences 9 hours ago

New GPS-based method can measure daily ice loss in Greenland

When the ice sheet in Greenland melts, as it has done increasingly in recent years, the bedrock beneath moves slightly.

Evolution 10 hours ago

New candidate genes for human male infertility found by analyzing gorillas' unusual reproductive system

Despite their formidable bodies, male gorillas are lacking in one particular area of their anatomy.

Social Sciences 10 hours ago

Reducing distrust in social media is not straightforward, computer scientists warn

Are anti-misinformation interventions on social media working as intended? It depends, according to a new study led by William & Mary researchers and published in the Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in ...

Economics & Business 10 hours ago

'Free' delivery plans can profit both retailers and customers

In March, Target became the latest mega-retailer to offer "free" delivery—for a price. For $99 a year, subscribers to Target Circle 360 can place unlimited orders without having to worry about shipping costs. Target competes ...

Optics & Photonics 10 hours ago

Study uncovers technologies that could unveil energy-efficient information processing and sophisticated data security

Advanced information processing technologies offer greener telecommunications and strong data security for millions, a study led by University of Maryland (UMD) researchers revealed.

Analytical Chemistry 10 hours ago

Chemists succeed in synthesizing a molecule first predicted 20 years ago

The first and the best-known metallocene is "ferrocene," which contains a single iron atom. Today, sandwich complexes can be found in many inorganic chemistry textbooks, and the bonding and electronic structure of metallocenes ...

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