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Rare earth mining may be key to our renewable energy future....
We take you inside Mountain Pass, the only rare earth mine in the United States.
Why it’s easier to catch a cold, the flu or COVID in the...
Low humidity protects viruses and cold temperatures may blunt some immune responses,...
Methylated gases could be an unambiguous indicator of alien...
On Earth, methylated gases are produced by organisms cleaning up their environment...
4 key things to know about lung infections caused by fungi
News that three kinds of fungi are more widespread than previously thought prompted...
Rare ‘dark lightning’ might briefly touch passengers when...
Gamma-ray blasts from thunderstorms might occasionally zap passing airplanes, briefly...
Pandemic languishing is a thing. But is it a privilege?
Positive psychologists contend that people can flourish if they try hard enough....
50 years ago, scientists sequenced a gene for the first...
Within five decades, scientists went from sequencing a single gene to sequencing...
Complex supply chains may have appeared more than 3,000...
Finds from one of the world’s oldest shipwrecks hint that miners in Central Asia...
Here’s how to make a fiber-optic cable out of air using...
A hollowed-out laser beam heats a tube of air that surrounds cooler air, providing...
Lasers reveal sites used as the Americas’ oldest known...
By around 3,100 years ago, Mesoamerican ritual complexes tracked celestial cycles...
Tiny bubbles that make icicles hazy are filled with water,...
Like tree rings, layers of itty-bitty water pockets also preserve a record of an...
Meet some of the microbes that give cheeses flavor
Knowing which genus of bacteria is responsible for which flavor could open the door...
Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’...
Modern Amazonians make nutrient-rich soil from ash, food scraps and burns. The soil...
Jumping beans’ random strategy always leads to shade —...
Jumping beans use randomness to maximize their chances of getting out of the sun’s...
Fungi that cause serious lung infections are now found...
Doctors should be on the lookout for three types of fungi that, when inhaled, can...
Meet the first Black American to earn an evolutionary biology...
In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey,...
We could get messages back from spacecraft sent through...
A simulation of a probe sent to the other side of a wormhole shows it could send...
Brain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens’...
A small study suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic may have aged teen brains beyond...
Sleeping glass frogs hide by storing most of their blood...
Glass frogs snoozing among leaves blend in by hiding almost all their red blood...
Extreme weather in 2022 showed the global impact of climate...
Heat waves, floods, wildfires and drought around the world were exacerbated by Earth’s...
Io may have an underworld magma ocean or a hot metal heart
New calculations support dueling ideas for what powers the ubiquitous volcanoes...
These are the most popular Science News stories of 2022
Science News drew over 13 million visitors to our website this year. Here’s a recap...
These 5 biomedical advances gave 2022 a sci-fi feel
Big steps in biology and medicine include pig to human organ transplants, synthetic...
The optical fiber that keeps data safe even after being...
An optical fiber that uses the mathematical concept of topology to remain robust,...
Aware or not aware: you are affected by food cues either...
A research team has revealed a difference in neural activity in response to visual...
Elucidating enzyme gene expression in filamentous fungi...
A research team analyzed the regulatory mechanisms of carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzyme...
New battery could prevent post-hurricane electric vehicle...
A researcher has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires,...
New study links hearing loss with dementia in older adults
A new study has found that older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were...
Hydrogel injections treat antibiotic-resistant infections...
Researchers develop an injectable hydrogel that treats infections around prosthetics...
It would take 23 million years for evolution to replace...
90% of the plants and animals on Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, but...
Nanopore-based sensing device explores neurodegenerative...
Researchers present a special silicon nitride nanopore-based sensing device that...
School garden-based interventions can improve blood sugar,...
School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters such as blood...
Project aims to expand language technologies
Only a fraction of the 7,000 to 8,000 languages spoken around the world benefit...
Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified...
Exotic wheat DNA helps breed 'climate-proof' crops
Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent...
Glial cells help memory along
There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons and glial...
Cells' circadian clock keeps ticking over even during starvation
Cells with a functioning molecular clock are better able to adapt to changes in...
Paving the way toward a cure? Study reports new insights...
In a rigorous new study virologists are describing an against-the-grain discovery...
Obesity linked to macular degeneration
Researchers find that being overweight can make the cells of people's immune system...
Scientists make progress in decoding genetics of insomnia
Using a predictive genomics approach called variant-to-gene mapping, Texas A&M biologist...
Rice breeding breakthrough to feed billions
An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain...
How we learn from being wrong can lead to anxiety
A new study looks at how student expectations of exam grades can exhibit which individuals...
Plastic pollution in the oceans is an equity issue
A new report and upcoming international virtual event addresses the unequal burden...
A new tool helps map out where to develop clean energy...
An update to the Energy Zones Mapping Tool, the Geospatial Energy Mapper is an online...
New study puts gut microbiome at the center of Parkinson's...
New research says the gut microbiome is involved in multiple pathways in the pathogenesis...
Continued record-breaking ocean temperatures seen again...
Continued record-breaking ocean temperatures with increasing stratification and...
Researchers create Cyborg Cells—natural-artificial cell...
Natural and artificial cells are useful for research, with each having different...
Social media and aerial mapping of sea floor reveal that...
Coral reefs are vibrant ecosystems for marine life and provide vital environmental...
Sixteen US cities in National Cardiff Violence Prevention...
Sixteen cities across the U.S. are supporting the implementation of a UK model for...
Does proximity to protest sites affect people's political...
Urban protests that involve occupying public spaces can be effective for conveying...
