Rising Temperatures Affect Herbicides in Killing Superweeds

Medicine & Technology Dec 21, 2020

Experts believe that the rising temperature makes the superweeds grow stronger, making it harder for even widely used herbicides to kill them.

Fluoride-Based Batteries Set to Replace Lithium in Rechargeable Batteries

Dec 18, 2020

A relatively abundant element on Earth, fluorine may become an alternative for lithium in rechargeable batteries, according to a new study.

Space Agriculture Breakthrough as Method Found for Turning Urine to Fertilizer

Dec 16, 2020

Japanese researchers made a new electrochemical technology to manufacture ammonia-based fertilizer from urine.

Scientists and US DoE Finally Makes Plan For Nuclear Fusion Power Plant

Dec 11, 2020

America is finally making plans for its own nuclear fusion power plant set to open by 2040.

Chemists Use B12 to Enhance Essential Synthetic Chemistry

Dec 09, 2020

Synthetic chemists recently discovered a mild approach to develop valuable hydrocarbons called "olefins or alkenes."

Study on Aluminum Alloy Could Benefit Crewed Space Missions

Dec 08, 2020

The MIAMI-2 facility recently helped Dr. Matheus Tunes examine a new allow that would harden aluminum without the need to increase its weight considerably.

What Does Silica Gel Do in Almost All Products We Buy?

Dec 01, 2020

According to pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences professor Roger Clemens, 'silica gel packets are desiccants,' a fancy way describing them as absorbers of moisture.

Diamond Bling Made Within Minutes

Nov 19, 2020

Scientists in Australia have found a way to make a diamond in just a few minutes within room temperatures inside a laboratory.

Scientists Show How Cellular Poawerplant Recycle Waste Gases

Nov 17, 2020

Researchers found that cellular powerplants can recycle waste gases.

How Hot Is Your Chili Pepper? Let This New Portable Device Detect It

Nov 13, 2020

The Chilica-pod. This device could detect capsaicin, a chemical compound that helps provide pepper with their occasionally 'painful kick.'

How Sun-Powered Chemistry Can Transform Carbon Dioxide Into Essential Products

Nov 12, 2020

Sunlight has recently been employed to convert waste carbon dioxide into needed chemicals essential to human health and comfort.

Are Social Dominance and Status Genetic?

Nov 11, 2020

Aggressive behavior and dominance have often been linked to testosterone. In a new study, gene-editing reveals how genetic structures dictate social status.

Most High-Paying Science Jobs You Can Choose

Nov 09, 2020

You feel inspired by science, and envision your entire life connected to it. When you think of a future career, you know that it will have something to do with science. But passion is not the only thing that drives careers forward. Smart people choose lucrative careers. They will still love their jobs, but they will also make more than enough money to support a comfortable lifestyle.

Scientists Used Algorithms to Explain the Origins of Life

Nov 09, 2020

Scientists attempt to use algorithms in explaining the origins of life, but have they succeeded, and what other factors were considered?

Your Happiness Might Very Well Be Inherited, Says Scientists

Nov 08, 2020

The discovery of a so-called 'happiness gene' might suggest that happiness is genetic. The rest determined by factors you can control.