SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Sky Surveyor’ – The Rubin Observatory watches a fast-changing cosmos..
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to transform astronomy. Its wide and fast survey will discover billions of dynamic objects while building up a deep map of the universe
With DNA focused almost entirely on replication, newly discovered organism blurs the line between cells and viruses
Lawmakers reject some cuts, question others
Mystery signals used to locate gases in the spaces between galaxies
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (June 19, 2025): The latest issue features “Plants & Heat”…
Wild plant species harbor a vast but largely unknown diversity of temperature stress solutions
Rising temperatures change the structure and function of plant microbial communities
SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features the last male northern white rhino socializes with a southern white rhino. Since his death in 2018, the northern subspecies is functionally extinct after decades of illegal killing for their horns. A study from the Greater Kruger region of South Africa offers some hope for remaining rhino species, proving that dehorning operations can achieve poaching reductions under certain circumstances and in conjunction with other interventions.
Area-based conservation is not sufficient to protect the ocean’s most highly mobile species
Sodium in the lithium anode promotes fast discharge in a solid-state battery
Tellurium nanowire networks could open up new avenues for artificial vision
NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Picture Perfect’ – Oil painting restored using computer generated mask…
An intimate look at a puffy exoplanet and its nearest star has revealed its tragic destiny.
Some birds master the fine art of manoeuvring beak, feet and body weight to turn on a tap.
Mutation in an enzyme leads to resistance to chronic and acute pain, according to research in mice.
Discrepancy between models and measurements is resolved by peering into plumes emitted from power plants and other industrial facilities.
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (April 3, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Sounds Like Imaging’ – Thin sound sheets visualize living opaque organs…
Multiple companies aim to build pilot plants using twisted magnets
Skeletons from an ancient, lush interlude offer genetic peek at a lost population
Study is the first to show an animal combining different calls to make new meanings
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (March 13, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Interstellar Dust’ – Mapping dust properties in the Milky Way…
Fetal and infant brains offer clues to when human experience begins
Floods threaten to spread sediments laden with toxicants
In trio of studies, scientists explore life in the mysterious hadal zone
Some termination letters cite “biological realities” to dismiss usefulness of such research
At least 1.1 million years old, a fossil face suggests more than one type of early human inhabited Europe
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 30, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Living With Tigers’ – Restoring a top predator across India…
Encouraging lab results bolster plans to harness a new kind of particle accelerator in x-ray sources
Surprise finding of few health payoffs complicates push to replace biomass fuel
Breakdown in collaboration leads many scientists to look to domestic projects—and to China
Even in some common species, the genetic variation key to resilience is slipping away
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 23, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Maniforld Males’ – Genetic orchestration of breeding morphs in ruffs…
Amid skepticism, companies bet that speed and innovation can realize fusion’s promise
Green hydrogen is key to decarbonizing the world. But the costly, finicky devices that make it need dramatic improvement
Survey-based studies linking diet patterns to health may be fatally flawed, paper suggests
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Shear Wonder’ – Chain-like materials manifest complex strain responses..
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Not Skipping Meals’ – A narrow diet not responsible for extinction of short-faced kangaroos…
The first clinical trial of zebrafish embryos acting as cancer “avatars” will start soon
The fast-growing platform may be more equitable than X, but gives scientists a smaller stage
Their keen noses are helping researchers uncover the diversity of the Pacific Northwest’s underground fungi
Pulsating blood vessels push fluid into and out of the brains of slumbering mice
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