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The Orionids—one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet—will peak with the arrival of a new moon, providing an excellent opportunity to see shooting stars without interference from moonlight.This post was […]

Ever wonder what happens to those old, broken electronics after tossing them? How about how new ones are being produced despite dwindling resources? The seemingly endless supply of gadgets hides an increasingly critical problem: limited […]

Shock waves should not be shocking—engineers across scientific fields need to be able to precisely predict how the instant and strong pressure changes initiate and dissipate to prevent damage. Now, thanks to a team from […]

Professor Kenzo Kaifu and Research Fellow Hiromi Shiraishi of Chuo University, together with Professor Yu-Shan Han of National Taiwan University, conducted the world’s first quantitative study to reveal the global consumption structure of freshwater eels […]

With world leaders set to gather in Brazil for COP30 in November, new analysis from an international team of climate policy experts warns that carbon offsets are creating a critical barrier to achieving the Paris […]

Researchers from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering at National Taiwan University have developed a multifunctional hydrogel sensor for detecting formaldehyde.This post was originally published on this site

A glass plate, a delicate tube and an oil bath are all that is required: thanks to a new method, researchers at ETH Zurich can produce tens of thousands of tiny droplets within minutes. This […]

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them extremely important in climate research. This led a research team at the University of […]

For most visitors, the Mediterranean is a symbol of summer and sun-scorched landscapes. In reality, however, it harbors one of the world’s greatest natural treasures. It is home to tens of thousands of plant and […]

Scientists from the Wuhan Botanical Garden (WBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have identified a new member of the Crassulaceae family, Sinocrassula cuonaensis, in Cuona County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Their findings were […]