Environmental ScienceUsing Physics to Create a New, Sustainable Plastic Sophie van Lange, a Ph.D. candidate, has spent the past three years working toward a single goal: developing hard, sustainable plastic. The polymers we use…
Plants and AnimalsThe First-ever Photos of Humpback Whale Sex Involve Two Males Photographers have captured the first images of two humpbacked whales mating. When they showed their tape to a marine mammal expert, she confirmed that both…
PhysicsScientists are Closer to Discovering Quantum Gravity Theory After Detecting Gravity on The Smallest Level Scientists have taken a step closer to understanding the universe’s enigmatic forces after determining how to quantify gravity at the tiniest level. Experts have never…
PhysicsA New Phase of Matter: Physicists Achieve Their First Demonstration of Non-Abelian Anyons in a Quantum Processor Our physical, three-dimensional world is made up of only two sorts of particles: bosons, which include light and the renowned Higgs boson, and fermions, which…
Environmental ScienceAncient connection between Mosses and Fungus Researchers have provided new light on the historic connection between mosses and fungi. They revealed that complex moss-fungus interactions were frequently dependent on a third…
PhysicsElectrons Form Fractions of Themselves in Graphene, Research Shows The electron is the fundamental unit of electricity, carrying a single negative charge. This is what we’re taught in high school physics, and it applies…
ChemistryTilorone Tilorone is the first synthetic, tiny molecular-weight molecule identified as an orally active interferon inducer. It is a synthetic chemical with antiviral activity. It is…
PhysicsScientists Reported The First Peek of Electrons Flowing in Real-time in Liquid Water In an experiment similar to stop-motion photography, scientists isolated an electron’s intense movement while “freezing” the motion of the much bigger atom it orbits in…
PhysicsNew Semiconductor Enables AI Processing at Light Speed Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a novel chip that employs light waves instead of electricity to execute the difficult calculations required for…
AgricultureSoil biodiversity Soil biodiversity refers to the variety and abundance of living organisms found within the soil ecosystem. It refers to the relationship of soil to biodiversity…