It’s a mystery why TOI-561 b’s blanket of gases hasn’t boiled off.
Some cycads warm up their reproductive organs to attract specially equipped pollinating beetles in the dark.
A unique archaeological site at Pompeii, Italy, reveals the secrets of peculiarly durable Roman building materials.
Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the mid-century mark.
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.
Researchers are devising ways to make new machines face off, without the hype.
A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even corruption.
A study of the effects of COVID-19 policies highlights the underexplored impacts of commercial cooking on air quality.
Emerald’ or ‘Paris’ green was once a highly popular pigment among painters, but the chemistry behind its slow decay over time has been unclear.
Studying trapped antimatter could help to explain why our world is so full of matter.
A specially trained algorithm could aid the search for biological activity both on the early Earth and on other worlds.
Biologically inspired electronic neurons could boost the efficiency of artificial-intelligence systems.
People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than do those who amass their steps in big blocks.
Modelling shows how the infant Universe might have stayed warm and dense during its primoridal expansion.
The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields.
Ice coverage is shrinking on Heard Island — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a haven of biodiversity.
A nanoscopic machine transforms a molecular chain into interlocking loops.
In creatures that walk on land, a protein called Slurp1 protects skin cells from stress.
Experiments identify a bacterium as the cause of sea-star wasting disease, which has devastated populations along the western coast of North America.
Pollution emitted by fossil-fuel usage in Asia influences sea-ice coverage in Antarctica.
Data from a South Pole observatory show that the fraction of protons in ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays is lower than expected.
Genetic analysis helps to reveal why flying foxes can measure almost 2 metres from wingtip to wingtip.
A study in mice finds that a high-sucrose diet during youth has long-term implications for learning and brain connectivity.
Magnetially controlled device can combine or split microlitre-sized droplets.
Data could help to reveal the warning signs of potentially dangerous eruptions caused by liquid groundwater abruptly turning into gas.
The average number of bleeding episodes for men with haemophilia B dropped almost tenfold after treatment.
Trafficking of scales for traditional medicine plays a relatively small part in the hunting of pangolins in Nigeria.
An intimate look at a puffy exoplanet and its nearest star has revealed its tragic destiny.
Some birds master the fine art of manoeuvring beak, feet and body weight to turn on a tap.
Mutation in an enzyme leads to resistance to chronic and acute pain, according to research in mice.
Discrepancy between models and measurements is resolved by peering into plumes emitted from power plants and other industrial facilities.
Freeze–thaw cycles in an icy pond could let an enzyme copy RNA double helices indefinitely — suggesting one way in which evolution could have begun.
Climate change is lengthening the gap between snowmelt and vegetation growth.
Temporary device records eye movement and brain activity to monitor mental strain.
Genomic evidence suggests that the bloodsuckers might have been among the first urban insect pests.
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