Gold has long been prized for its conductivity, chemical stability and optical brilliance, but turning it into a film only a few atoms thick has remained one of materials science’s most stubborn challenges.
Survivors of cancer diagnosed in childhood carry a dramatically elevated risk of developing a malignant tumor of the brain or other parts of the nervous system decades after their original diagnosis, according to
Nitrobenzene is one of those industrial chemicals that water treatment engineers genuinely dread. It enters rivers and wastewater streams from the manufacture of dyes, pesticides, rubber chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, and once it is
The reported death of a 28-year-old laboratory technician in eastern Siberia has triggered regional quarantines and international attention over fears of the cause of death and a lack of transparency. According to local
EDF Power Solutions Australia has referred a wind-plus-storage project featuring an 800MWh BESS for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.
New research from the University of Lincoln, UK, is questioning a long standing idea about the evolutionary roots of human violence. The findings suggest that everyday aggression does not necessarily build toward deadly
In the Universe, there is a class of black holes that are not supermassive and aren’t bound to any galaxy and travel through the cosmos for billions of years. In a new study,
In recent decades, astronomers have found evidence that supermassive black holes can really mess with their galaxies’ evolution. They gobble up material intended for star formation, quenching the birth of stars. Conversely, jets
