Science
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Earwax is both slippery and sticky – this weird combo might lead to safer insect repellents
Here’s a bit of a riddle for you: What has the consistency of both toothpaste and dough, can absorb twice…
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We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth
Data centers require enormous investments: land, buildings, computer equipment and power infrastructure. Yet, once they’re up and running, they tend…
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How should AI be regulated? Follow the harm
As artificial intelligence technologies grow ever more powerful, so do the risks they pose and with them the urgency of…
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Landmark new research shows how global warming is messing with our rainfall
The past century of human-induced warming has increased rainfall variability over 75% of the Earth’s land area – particularly over…
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Is Protein Expression The Same As Protein Synthesis?
For students and researchers in biology and related fields, understanding the terminology around protein production is crucial for their studies…
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How not to solve the climate change problem
This direct air capture plant in Iceland was designed to capture 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Climeworks…
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Interesting Science: Turn steel roofs into an energy-producing device
An organic solar cells consisting of a combination of an organic polymer and PCBM (an organic semiconductor) developed on steel…
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Usage of New Artificial Nanostructures for Infrared Absorption Technologies
A new method to confine and absorb infrared (IR) light with GaN nanostructures can help develop highly efficient infrared absorbers,…
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Olympic skiers and snowboarders are competing on 100% fake snow – the science of how it’s made and how it affects performance
Skiers and snowboarders in downhill racing events, like U.S. Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin, often prefer the harder, faster artificial snow over…
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These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
One ‘mechanical tree’ is about 1,000 times faster at removing carbon dioxide from air than a natural tree. The first…
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How do Solar panels work?
During the day, 173 thousand terawatts of solar energy are intercepted by the Earth. That’s ten thousand times more power…
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Climate change is making monogamous albatrosses divorce – new research
Changing environmental conditions can put stress on coupled-up animals. Natasha Gillies, Author provided Not all relationships end in “happily ever…
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Climate Change and its Consequences
This is a simple explanation of Climate Change, based on an article in the New York Times. The average temperature…
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao, an Indian space scientist
Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian…
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The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
Frederick Banting and John Macleod. Fisher Insulin Collection, Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. When Frederick Banting’s phone rang one…
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