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Nanoplastics in Antarctic soil reveal how plastic pollution reaches the remote McMurdo Dry Valleys through local and long-range sources.
Tiny plastic particles turned up in Antarctic topsoil and deeper layers, raising new questions about their origins and ecological effects.
Rebecca Shavitupda
Europa ocean water transport may stall as turbulence forms ice crystals that clog fractures beneath the moon’s surface.
SpaceNew findings complicate the search for life beneath Europa’s iceJoseph Shavit
Schrödinger Basin: Moon far side asteroid impacts reveal a long decline in bombardment, challenging the idea of one violent peak 3.9 billion years ago.
SpaceChang’e-6 moon rocks reveal a 3.9-billion-year decline in asteroid impacts on the dark side of the MoonJoshua Shavit
Coffee grounds biodiesel could become cleaner and more efficient through a one-hour oil extraction process that preserves useful biomass.
Green ImpactNew process extracts 90% of the oil locked in waste coffee grounds – producing clean bio-dieselShy Cohen
Black hole Dyson spheres could harvest immense energy while releasing waste heat detectable by current telescopes.
SpaceAlien civilizations could be using Dyson spheres to collect energy from black holesJoseph Shavit
Interacting galaxies NGC 4676, known as "The Mice," as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
SpaceNew study challenges existing knowledge for why galaxies stop forming starsJoseph Shavit
Orcas ramming sunfish in the Gulf of California may be processing prey into smaller pieces for calves or engaging in social play.
DiscoveriesGulf of California orcas use precision strikes to explode sunfish into thousands of piecesHannah Shavit-Weiner
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from that flyby and one on Feb. 3, 2024, is helping scientists understand Io’s interior.
SpaceJupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, hides intense heat beneath its porous crustJoshua Shavit
Deep Fission’s underground nuclear reactor has entered Kansas field testing, but licensing and a working demonstration remain ahead.
InnovationsA nuclear reactor buried one mile below ground moves from concept to a Kansas test siteShy Cohen
Lipoic acid trisulfide strengthened a key muscle-repair signal and reduced chemical damage in early cell and mouse experiments.
HealthBreakthrough sulfur compound may slow muscle loss as we ageMac Oliveau
The Paleocoordinates Calculator reconstructs ancient fossil locations using five plate models, with errors below 17 metres.
DiscoveriesNew PACA mapping tool tracks fossil locations back through millions of yearsRebecca Shavit
A CMLase aging enzyme removed substantial protein damage from preserved human eye, artery and skin tissue in laboratory tests.
HealthNew enzyme removes years of aging from skin and other human tissueHannah Shavit-Weiner
A breath acetone detector measures fat metabolism in 90 seconds and delivers readings that closely match laboratory equipment.
HealthHandheld breath detector reveals when the body starts burning fatMac Oliveau
Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE) Associate Professor, Kyle Smith (middle) and PhD students, Paul Rozzi (left) and Jenna Lee (right), have developed a new battery-type device that can capture CO2 from the air.
Green ImpactNew, battery-like, device sucks carbon dioxide directly out of the airShy Cohen
This illustration shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the centre. The star –– the point source to the left –– has about half the mass of our Sun, and it is orbited by a brown dwarf, the reddish-brown object seen here in the foreground (right).
SpaceAstronomers may have finally detected a moon located outside our solar systemJoshua Shavit
SpaceX's StarMind captures solar energy in space to power low-cost, high-performance AI computation.
SpaceMillions of planned satellites could create a bright artificial ring around Earth making the night sky 4 times brighterJoseph Shavit
Bee venom Parkinson’s treatment improved movement and memory when added to levodopa in mice, though its mechanism remains unknown.
HealthBee venom helps preserve memory in new Parkinson’s disease studyHannah Shavit-Weiner