China’s Great Green Wall creates environmental hope and human hardship
China’s ambitious Great Green Wall project, a decades-long endeavor to combat desertification in its northern regions, is yielding a complex…
Plasma technology drives the sustainable upcycling of carbon
Plasma technology upcycles carbon into hydrogen and carbon black, enabling turquoise hydrogen from methane pyrolysis and converting CO2 to carbon monoxide for industry
Toxic algae killed fish in the 2022 Oder river disaster
The 2022 Oder River disaster was caused by a Prymnesium parvum toxic bloom fueled by high salinity and industrial discharges, killing about 1,000 tons of fish
Galaxies with high radio emissions may host advanced civilizations
A new approach to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) suggests that astronomers might be looking for alien life on…
SAP and OpenAI launch sovereign AI for Germany’s public sector
SAP and OpenAI have announced a partnership to provide a sovereign AI offering specifically for the German public sector. This…
Scientists observe collective Bloch oscillations in a 1D Bose gas
Scientists observe collective Bloch oscillations in a 1D Bose gas, with thousands of atoms oscillating in unison under a magnetic gradient in an optical lattice
Nobel officials warn Trump threatens US scientific leadership
Nobel laureates warn a Trump second term could undermine US scientific leadership, citing proposed NIH, NSF, EPA budget cuts and weaker international ties
Protein barcodes enable more accurate AI mapping of brain circuits
Scientists unveil PRISM, a platform using combinatorial protein barcodes, expansion microscopy, and AI to map brain circuits with 8-fold improved auto tracing
Pre-surgery weight loss drug prescriptions show 16-fold increase
Pre-surgery GLP-1 weight loss prescriptions surged 16-fold, a study of about 365,000 records says, signaling integrated use with bariatric surgery, ACS 2025
Ultra-strong coating blocks bacteria and viruses on organic surfaces
An ultra-strong coating resists bacteria and viruses on complex organic surfaces, staying durable and reducing pathogen viability across a broad range