Researchers have investigated how earthquakes impacted underground life in Yellowstone, where they thrive far from the Sun’s warmth and energy. In a study published yesterday in the journal…
Read more Earthquakes Did Something Unexpected to Life Deep Beneath YellowstoneIn our technology-dominated world, it’s easy to forget the human minds that gave rise to the devices and digital tools that permeate everyday life. And the women behind…
Read more 6 Women Inventors Who Changed Your Life, Even if You Didn’t Know ItEgyptian alabaster vessels may have been the ancient world’s hookah. In a study published in September in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, researchers identified…
Read more In Ancient Egypt, Opium Was a ‘Fixture of Daily Life,’ Study SuggestsBERLIN — BERLIN (AP) — For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a…
Read more Your phone rings, and it’s a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn’tSusumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture called metal-organic frameworks that can…
Read more Trio Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Work on Molecular ConstructionSTOCKHOLM — STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal–organic frameworks…
Read more Molecular discovery wins Nobel Prize in chemistryIn science, there is a surprisingly long list of things we still haven’t exactly figured out yet but still use because they work. This unexpectedly has been the…
Read more We’ve Been Using Lithium-Ion Batteries for Decades. Now We Know More About How They WorkResearchers have long believed that frozen environments slow chemical reactions, but new research challenges this belief. In a study published last month in the journal PNAS, researchers have…
Read more Arctic Rivers Are Turning an Eerie Orange, and This Might Be WhyFor over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had never actually seen it happen—until now. In a Science paper…
Read more Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 YearsExperts estimate that the global production and disposal of plastics emits nearly 2 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year. The vast majority of these materials end up…
Read more Scientists Turned Plastic Trash Into a Material That Eats CarbonOur planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food…
Read more Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing ItEnhancement Streamlines Chemical Data Management with Accurate and Automated IUPAC Naming BURLINGAME, Calif., June 17, 2024 (Newswire.com) – Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), a leading provider of data management…
Read more Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) Includes Industry-Leading IUPAC Naming Technologies From iChemLabs Directly Within CDD VaultWASHINGTON — The US Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of…
Read more US poised to ease marijuana restrictions | News – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionBEVERLY — For most people, their last image of James Carver is from a black-and-white photo from 1989, the year he was convicted of setting a fire that…
Read more 40 years later, Carver still seeking new trial in deadly Elliott Chambers fireBOSTON — With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Maura Healey is moving to wipe away the prior pot convictions of hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents. On…
Read more Healey wipes away prior marijuana convictionsCONCORD â Legalized marijuana in New Hampshire is one step closer to becoming a reality. The House of Representatives heard a bill on Thursday sponsored by Rep. Erica…
Read more Bill to legalize marijuana passes in NH HouseBOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to distributing large amounts of fentanyl in Lawrence, Andover, Wilmington and Woburn and was connected to the seizure of two kilograms…
Read more Lawrence man pleads guilty in North of Boston fentanyl conspiracyBOSTON — A divided state commission is calling for more aggressive steps to shift Massachusetts away from its reliance on natural gas for energy, but it’s not clear…
Read more Divided panel calls for shift away from natural gasBOSTON — A divided state commission is calling for more aggressive steps to shift Massachusetts away from its reliance on natural gas for energy, but it’s not clear…
Read more Divided panel calls for shift away from natural gasNewswise — Magnesium (Mg) alloys have been popularly used for designing aerospace and automotive parts owing to their high strength-to-weight ratio. Their biocompatibility and low density also make…
Read more Pusan National Univ. researchers use AI to uncover magnesium alloy anisotropy secrets.
