BEIJING, March 1 – Excessive fossil fuel consumption in recent decades has worsened environmental problems such as the greenhouse effect, driving urgency for technologies that capture and utilize carbon dioxide. One promising approach is the…
OLED materials have potential new uses in detecting…
Farmer using a manual pesticide sprayer on a cabbage field in Sao Paulo state, Brazil (Getty Images) Researchers are set to shine a different kind of light on the farming industry after receiving funding to…
Simple color-changing sensor quickly identifies poisonous gases
The tiny squares in this colorful patchwork contain silica nanoparticles that change color in the presence of toxic gases. Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c01026 Not all poisonous gases have a smell or…
ALMA and JWST Reveal ‘Cosmic Grape’ Galaxy, Challenging…
An artist’s impression of the “Cosmic Grapes” galaxy, composed of at least 15 massive star-forming clumps—far more than current theoretical models predict could exist within a single rotating disk at this early time. Image credit…
Webb finds new evidence for planet around closest…
Alpha Centauri A and Planet (Artist’s Concept), Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our…