Two expeditions to the Thwaites Ice Shelf have revealed that it could splinter apart in less than a decade, hastening sea-level rise worldwide
Advanced materials can modify waves, creating optical illusions and useful technologies
For most of human evolution, multiple species with different ways of walking upright coexisted
Meet the protein arsenal wielded by the pandemic virus
Authors were dropped from broader Lancet review
SARS-CoV-2 wields versatile proteins to foil our immune system’s counterattack
A fuel cell gains more power from ion-conducting, porous covalent organic frameworks
People vaccinated not long after being infected with SARS-CoV-2 mount a weaker immune response than do those whose infections are well behind them.
Modelling suggests that tree cutting is a greater threat to the Milne-Edwards’s sifaka than are climate extremes.
Providing the clean fuel to manufacturing plants would be a cost-effective way to tackle the country’s climate goals.
For the first time, scientists simulate the worldwide spread of the staggering wave triggered by the Chicxulub impact.
Millions of people struggle with insomnia, but the sleep disorder is now a solvable problem – and the most effective therapy might involve your smartphone rather than sleeping pills
Scientists identify a neuronal pathway in rats that drives ‘social grooming’, a behaviour that helps to hold animal communities together.
As high-level winds shift, heat and heavy rain can persist.
Crystalline device could be used to visualize voltages with high resolution, speed and stability.
The trees that provide the raw material for chocolate have a higher yield when the groves are accessible to certain species.
A family tree of sea cows suggests that the dugong traversed an ocean to reach its present habitat.
Ground-based robots have potential for helping in the construction industry, but they are limited by their height. In this week’s issue, Mirko Kovac, Robert Stuart-Smith and their colleagues introduce highly manoeuvrable aerial robots that can perform additive 3D construction tasks. Inspired by natural builders such as wasps and bees, the researchers created BuilDrones (as shown on the cover) that can work in an autonomous team to perform 3D printing tasks using foam- or cement-based materials. They also created ScanDrones to assess the quality of the structures
being built. The team hopes that this approach of ‘aerial additive manufacturing’ could help to build structures in difficult to access areas.
Seasonal monsoon rainfall replenishes groundwater reserves in the Bengal basin of Bangladesh thanks to the region’s seemingly counterintuitive intensive dry-season irrigation practices, a new Science study finds.
Supercomputing and accelerator centers struggle with surging gas and electricity prices
Initiative to explore whether coronavirus lingers in patients
Decades of complaints have gone unheeded by NSF and contractors managing operations, employees say
As New York state declares an emergency, experts are far more worried about a resurgence in low-income countries
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Revamped German stellarator should run longer, hotter and compete with tokamaks
CHIPS act will fund microelectronics innovation and training through large partnerships
Scientists call for concerted effort to forecast points of no return for ice, weather patterns, and ecosystems
Move to phase out gas-powered cars will force progress toward faster charging batteries
Loved and hated, NIAID’s chief plots life after government
The cover shows an artist’s impression of Mbiresaurus raathi, a newly discovered species of herbivorous dinosaur found in Zimbabwe and dating to around 230 million years ago.
Archived data from Landsat 5, launched in 1984, and two newer sensors allow scientists to chart dangerous flows in Afghanistan.
Reptiles that perished during a severe drought 250 million years ago are preserved as spreadeagled and mummified fossils.
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