Stonefish toxin tested against parasitic worms
James Cook University scientists have found stonefish toxins could be used to fight parasitic worm infections suffered by nearly a quarter of the world's population.
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World's largest wildlife crossing reaches critical milestone
Monday was momentous for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing although it still looked like a bridge to nowhere from the 101 Freeway, where more than 300,000 vehicles stream endlessly every day.
Study uncovers mercury treatment in 19th-century French child suffering from rickets and scurvy
A recent study, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, examined the skeletal remains of a child who lived in mid-19th-century France. The study revealed that the child had suffered from rickets and scurvy and was likely treated using mercury before his death
Cost to build multifamily housing in California more than twice as high as in Texas, report finds
Building multifamily housing in California is more than twice as expensive as it is in Texas, with much of the difference driven by state and local policies that contribute to long permitting and construction timelines, and higher local development fees, according to a new RAND
A router for photons: Transducer could enable superconducting quantum networks
Applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical interfaces for noise-sensitive microwave quantum computers.
Simulating the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation shows how it helped shape Earth
A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team led by Nie Ji, Associate Professor of the School of Physics; and Hu Yongyun, Dean of the Institute of Ocean Research, along with a research team from
Sensing sickness: Study supports new method for boosting bee health
Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55% of managed colonies last year—the highest loss rate since the Apiary Inspectors of America began determining them in 2011.
Program takes aim at drinking, unsafe sex and sexual assault on college campuses
A prevention program that teaches college students about the links between risky drinking and sexual assault—and how to protect themselves and their friends—has shown early promise, according to a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Science 'storytelling' is desperately needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis, say researchers
Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say.
Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid, research reveals
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed.
US government fired researchers running a crucial drug use survey
A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the office that runs the country’s only nationwide survey on drug use and mental health
NIH Director Removes Four Main Scientists amid Massive Staff Purge
The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in "one of the darkest days"
Rocky Mountain snow is contaminated, study shows
Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout the winter, building up stores of water that will supply communities across the American West throughout the long dry season. Now, a new study shows that as storms carry snow to the Rocky Mountains, they are also bringing mercury
New insight into factors associated with a common disease among dogs and humans
For dogs housed at Texas kennels, age and fecal score are important factors for screening for subclinical Giardia infections.
Illuminating single atoms for sustainable propylene production
More than 150 million metric tons of propylene are produced annually, making it one of the most widespread chemicals used in the chemical industry.
School inclusion still failing autistic students, say researchers
Research from the University of South Australia shows that autistic students are still struggling at school, despite efforts to improve services and supports.
Edible biofilm based on pomegranate peel extract extends the shelf life of strawberries
An edible biofilm, obtained from agricultural and fishing waste and developed by researchers at the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo (IQSC-USP) in Brazil, allows the shelf life of strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) to be extended.
How physical forces shape plants from the inside out to generate their complex 3D shapes
Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with remarkable precision. Now a study by biologists and biophysicists at Université de Montréal reveals how plants build their organs in three dimensions.
South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water. Study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of liters of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa's Water Research Commission recently commissioned a study into using
Widely used fungicide poses threat to sparrow chicks
A French team coordinated by a scientist at CNRS highlights the harmful impact on sparrow reproduction of chronic exposure to tebuconazole, one of the most widely used fungicides in agriculture in Europe. These findings, recently published in Environmental Research, reveal a
SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Sends Four Private Astronauts into Polar Orbit
The privately funded Fram2 mission is the first ever to take astronauts into polar orbit—and the latest sign of a “new normal” for human spaceflight
More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging
A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.
Making moves and hitting the breaks: Owl journeys surprise researchers in western Montana
Researchers have tracked 89 northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus) along a migration corridor in Western Montana, underscoring the efficacy of telemetry studies for detailed investigations into the movements of birds.
AI can be an effective tool for exploring corporate reporting, researcher finds
Machine learning methods enable the efficient mining of large amounts of data from corporate reports. In her doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, Finland, Essi Nousiainen presents how the new machine learning-based methods she has developed can be used to examine
Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating 'flower constancy' beyond Darwin's theory
Pollinating insects such as bumblebees often repeatedly visit the same type of flower, even when a variety of flowers bloom nearby. This behavior is known as "flower constancy." Darwin speculated that flower constancy was a passive response to avoid the effort involved in
Conductive polymers: First successful synthesis of polyaniline with golden luster
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a method for synthesizing polyaniline—a conductive polymer exhibiting golden luster—marking the first successful attempt globally. The reflection spectrum of this polyaniline resembles that of metallic gold.
Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale
What you think you know depends on how you look The post Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale appeared first on Nautilus .
North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover
Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the reason why.
Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds
A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including researchers from the National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and the Institute of Low Temperature
How do coconuts get their water?
Coconut trees are iconic plants found across the world's tropical regions. They're called "nature's supermarket" or the "tree of life" in several cultures because every part of the coconut tree is used. Its leaves can be used to thatch homes, its heart can be eaten and its
KiDS dataset doesn't shake up cold dark matter model after all, say researchers
Data from 41 million galaxies does not shake up the standard cosmological model after all. To that conclusion, to their own surprise, comes an international team of researchers including Koen Kuijken, professor at the Leiden Observatory.
Surprising number of environmental pollutants found in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found in a new study when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found
Lunar polar regions could have microbes, modeling study suggests
Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2025) hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United States and Canada investigated the
Can brain activity reveal your political party while grocery shopping?
A new study reveals that how your brain reacts to food purchasing decisions can be used to determine your political affiliation with almost 80% accuracy.
Sampling the plumes of Jupiter's volcano moon, Io
What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2025) hopes to address as an
How can we find cryovolcanoes on Europa?
In the 1970s, NASA's Voyager probes passed through Jupiter's system and snapped pictures of its largest moons, also known as the Galilean moons. These pictures and the data they gathered offered the first hints that a global ocean may be beneath Europa's icy crust. Moreover,
A dramatic Einstein ring seen by Webb
One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational deflection of starlight. The effect was first observed in 1919 during a total solar eclipse. Since stars appear as points of light, the effect is seen as an apparent shift in the position of stars
Modeling lunar in-situ resource utilization can help plan future prototypes
In-situ resource utilization will likely play a major role in any future long-term settlement of the moon. However, designing such a system in advance with our current level of knowledge will prove difficult, mainly because there's so much uncertainty around both the
A classification of drugs based on their environmental impact
Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. The aim of this research is to provide medical staff with a tool for considering the environmental
Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.
Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication
A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has discovered hidden multi-dimensional side channels in existing quantum communication protocols.
Alone with violence: When both perpetrator and society silence the victim
Women subjected to domestic violence and abuse are often isolated. Their loneliness results not just from the manipulation and violence of the perpetrator, but also from the lack of response from the outside world when victims choose to seek help but are not listened to. This
NASA's SPHEREx takes first images, preps to study millions of galaxies
NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has turned on its detectors for the first time in space. Initial images from the observatory, which launched March 11, confirm that all systems are working as
Doubling down on metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world's first visible-spectrum metasurfaces—ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures that could precisely control the behavior of light. A powerful alternative to traditional, bulky optical components,
Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert carbon dioxide into useful products
Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon sources, however, adding to the cost. A new study overcomes this limitation by
The rivers that science says shouldn't exist
Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how waterways and basins are supposed to work. But rules are made to be broken. In the journal Water Resources Research, Sowby and Siegel lay out nine rivers and
Air pollution and traffic noise increase the risk of stroke through combination effect
Research from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet shows that air pollution and traffic noise together may pose a greater risk for stroke than either factor alone. The researchers found that even at low levels—below the EU's air quality standards
UK public picks most important discoveries of all time
A new survey reveals that the UK public considers the mobile phone to be the second most important invention of all time, with the majority of people admitting they couldn't live without theirs.
Liquid-bodied robot enables precise eradication of implant-related biofilm infections
An international research team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of medical microrobots by developing the world's first antibiofilm liquid-bodied magnetic-controlled robot.
A validated model can predict the growth of Listeria in artisanal fresh cheeses
Listeriosis is one of the main zoonotic food-borne diseases, and although the number of cases is relatively low, its high mortality makes it a major public health problem. For the bacterium to cause disease, it is not enough for the food to be contaminated; it is also necessary
