Atmosphere's self-cleansing ability followed by long-term study
The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened its ability to remove air pollutants, including the potent climate-warming gas ...
Life as a cascade of machines making machines: Living matter framework extends from atomic scale to entire biosphere
Living matter remains the quintessential puzzle of biological sciences, a question that embodies the intricate complexity and stunning diversity of life forms. A new study suggests that one viable ...
A new feature discovered in radioactive lanthanum isotopes
Researchers at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, precisely measured atomic masses of radioactive lanthanum isotopes and found an interesting feature in their nuclear ...
Organic material can convert toxic heavy metal to harmless form
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have discovered that a special form of charcoal is highly effective at absorbing ...
Researchers partner with Indigenous Knowledge holders to protect threatened great desert skink Tjakuṟa
In Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally important species for Tjukurpa—the ...
Rethinking Carnot: Scientists overcome traditional power-efficiency trade-off
Challenging centuries-old assumptions about thermodynamics, a new study in published in Physical Review Letters has shown ...
5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalized Australians are still paying the highest price
January 25 marked five years since the first COVID case was recorded in Australia. Many of us have tried to move on quickly ...
Make a noise or work with the system? Four ways to create real change for nature
Ecosystems and species across the natural world are in serious trouble. The vast majority of Australians want more government ...
Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...
Understanding the backlash against corporate DEI—and how to move forward
United States President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ...
Multiferroic material can function up to 160°C, opening doors for advanced spintronics
While most multiferroics can't operate above room temperature, a team of researchers at Tohoku University demonstrated that ...