Study shows N95 respirators could offer robust protection from wildfire smoke
Researchers calculated a “protection factor” for each type of face covering based on its ability...
Microbial ‘theft’ enables breakdown of methane, toxic methylmercury
Researchers gained new insights into the mechanisms some methane-feeding bacteria called methanotrophs use to break...
Hubble shows winds in Jupiter’s great red spot are speeding up
By analyzing images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope from 2009 to 2020, researchers found...
Crayfish get more interesting at bigger parties, study suggests
University of Illinois researchers separate diet and behavioral specialization in invasive rusty crayfish using stable...
Researchers develop new method for detecting superfluid motion
A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Mishkat Bhattacharya proposed a new method for...
The origin and legacy of the Etruscans
Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon (cista handle), 400-380 BC, Etruscan, bronze –...
In a gene tied to growth, scientists see glimmers of human history
Infographic showing that some modern humans have the GHRd3 deletion, while all four archaic hominins...
Quasi-particles with tunable interactions
Water waves are localized excitations in the water, that in many aspects behave like particles,...
Exotic mix in China’s delivery of moon rocks
The location of the Chang’e-5 landing site (43.06°N, 51.92°W) and adjacent regions of the Moon,...
New technique speeds measurement of ultrafast pulses
Schematics of the experimental setup showing a temporal fan out (TFO) gate represented by the...