Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor
UC Irvine-led research reveals that the optical properties of materials can be dramatically enhanced—not by changing the ...
Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows
Norwegian authorities on Friday rolled out fresh restrictions on wild salmon fishing for 2025 after stocks hit record lows in recent years, with scientists blaming fish farms.
AI for drug discovery: DrugSynthMC to make finding new medication more efficient
Scientists have devised a free AI algorithm that they believe will make finding new medicines far more efficient.
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
Study reveals large ocean heat storage efficiency during the last deglaciation
As one of the largest heat reservoirs in the climate system, the global ocean absorbs more than 90% of the excess energy from ...
Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres
Most of the exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn't because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that ...
Small 'no-take zone' can help protect critically endangered hammerhead shark in Columbia
Researchers are advocating for a "no-take zone" off the coast of Colombia after one of the world's smallest and most ...
A possible explanation for the 'missing plastic problem': New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons
Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...
Material scientists develop porous Si₃N₄ ceramics with uniform, fine structures
Radomes and wave-transmitting antenna windows are critical structural components in aircraft, protecting radar antennas from ...