New tool enables phylogenomic analyses of entire genomes
Researchers led by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a better way to perform the ...
How global inequalities hinder climate action
World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. One of their main goals is to ...
Fox and rabbit in the quantum world: Atomic particles with antagonistic interactions
Researchers at the University of Basel have shown that quantum systems can have antagonistic interactions, too—one agent ...
NASA JPL prepping for full year of launches, mission milestones
With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton Fire came close to JPL, destroying the homes of more than 200 ...
An underestimated source of methane found in shallow coastal waters
Shallow coastal waters are hotspots for methane emissions, releasing significant amounts of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. New research highlights ...
Terahertz pulses induce chirality in a non-chiral crystal
Chirality refers to objects that cannot be superimposed onto their mirror images through any combination of rotations or translations, much like the distinct left and right hands of a human. In chiral ...
Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals, and even some of their toxic byproducts
In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...
Offline versus online promotional media: Which drives better consumer engagement and behavioral responses?
Marketers today increasingly rely on online platforms like mobile apps, social media, and direct email to deliver promotional content, drawn by their cost-effectiveness and extensive reach. However, ...
Possible evidence of bird flu vaccinations driving virus evolution
A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.K. has found possible evidence that bird flu vaccinations are driving ...
Alternative protein sources: Improving the mouthfeel of plant-based foods with fava beans
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have for the first time investigated how protein structures derived from fava beans affect a ...
Climate-driven changes have already threatened more than half of Central Europe's productive agricultural landscape
Droughts are a serious consequence of climate change, devastating ecosystems, along with the organisms and communities who ...
Study demonstrates integration of 1,024 silicon quantum dots with on-chip electronics all operating at low temperatures
Quantum computers have the potential of outperforming classical computers on some optimization tasks. Yet scaling up quantum ...