Leading quantum computing experts explore tech’s sustainability role in new documentary
Experts from global tech giants to start-ups assess the industry's potential environmental benefits and challenges in the documentary: Quantum Technology ...
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How chemistry makes carbon dioxide removal possible (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 12, 2021 -- Over the last couple hundred years, the amount of carbon ...
How lead (maybe) caused the downfall of ancient Rome (video)
Ancient Rome's emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff--bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing ...
High-resolution microscope built from LEGO and bits of phone
Research led by Göttingen University shows constructing microscope improves children's understandingCredit: Timo Betz Microscopy is an essential tool in many ...
Community science project will study rattlesnake behavior with remote cameras
Members of the public can analyze time lapse images to contribute to scientific understanding of rattlesnake maternal care, predation and ...
How to awkwardly interact with people at a bar using chemistry (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 14, 2021 -- With pandemic restrictions lifting in the U.S., we're starting to ...
Leakey Foundation Award Lecture: Communicating about human evolution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Evolution can be a controversial and sensitive topic in America. According to a 2019 survey from ...
Guided digital skills training enhances older people’s digital skills and social relations
Older people need digital skills training to learn to use digital technology more independently, but they also seek digital training ...
Adapting laboratory techniques for remote instruction
Credit: Karin Jensen The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to adapt their courses for online learning. Laboratory courses were particularly difficult ...
Does sugar cause diabetes? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 1, 2021 -- In the U.S., diabetes is very common -- 1 in ...
What’s a calorie? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 17, 2021 -- Did you know that the calorie labels on foods are ...
Can we make opioids less addictive? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 -- Opioids are the most powerful painkillers we have, but they're ...
Tackling the persistent and sometimes controversial questions about COVID-19
Professor Winfried Just creates critical discussions around COVID in new bookCredit: World Scientific Ohio University mathematics professor Winfried Just's new ...
New nonprofit boosts Research4Life’s mission in lower- and middle-income countries
Credit: Research4Life Wilmington, DC, April 22, 2021 - Friends of Research4Life, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, ...
Was your catalytic converter stolen? Here’s why (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021 -- Catalytic converters cut down on toxic car emissions, and, according ...
NASA NeMO-Net video game helps researchers understand global coral reef health
NASA researchers invite the public to become citizen scientists and contribute towards their research on coral reef ecosystems by playing ...
Naturalis sends a 3D printed Tyrannosaurus to Japan
Credit: Hanneke Jacobs Over the past few years, Naturalis has painstakingly made 3D scans of every single bone in Trix ...
NTU alumnus Steven Lim gifts S$1 million to his alma mater to support students in need
S$2 million raised in total with Singapore government matchingCredit: NTU Singapore Mr Steven Lim, CEO of RSTN Consulting, has made ...
What are forever chemicals, and do they last forever? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- Forever chemicals are known for being water-, heat- and oil-resistant, ...
Multilingual people have an advantage over those fluent in only two languages
UTokyo-MIT study measures brain activity while learning basic sounds, grammar rules of unfamiliar language Multilingual people have trained their brains ...
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Burying short sections of power lines would drastically reduce hurricanes’ future impact on coastal residents
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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Climate change threatens food supply chains with cascading impacts on diet quality, income – new modelling shows
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Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star
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New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found