PARIS – UNESCO and the Fondation L’Oréal on Tuesday named five women researchers as laureates of the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards, recognizing their pioneering work in life and environmental sciences. The…
A quantum leap for antimatter measurements
Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries Physicist Barbara Latacz working in the BASE experiment (Image: CERN) Geneva. In a breakthrough for antimatter research, the BASE collaboration at CERN has…
Quantum discovery reveals how enzymes tame free radicals
Dr. Gino DiLabio and doctoral student Hossein Khalilian discuss their research paper about how quantum Coulombic interactions can manage and prevent unwanted cell damage from free radicals. The image created for this research made the…
320 million trees are killed by lightning each…
Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. AI-generated Image Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed new model calculations that, for the first time, estimate the global influence of…
91% of New Renewable Projects Now Cheaper Than…
Abu Dhabi, UAE - Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, as IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 confirms. The report confirms that renewables maintained their price advantage over…