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

TECH & INNOVATION 11.13.2020 11:00 AM

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

11.12.2020 04:00 AM

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?

11.11.2020 17:00 PM

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

11.09.2020 16:12 PM

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

11.09.2020 09:00 AM

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

11.08.2020 20:00 PM

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

Too Much Alcohol Makes People Drunk, But Do You Know Why

11.05.2020 21:00 PM

Alcohol in beer, wine, or vodka travels through the bloodstream and makes its way throughout the body. It alters the mood and brain, but how does it do that?

Earth's Neighborhood in Space Has 40 Percent More Hydrogen Atoms

11.02.2020 20:00 PM

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft measurements reveal loads of Hydrogen in Interstellar Medium. Many are already starting to see what is beyond Earth with new observation missions.

What Are Colloids and Why Are They Important?

10.28.2020 05:00 AM

Colloids are more common than most people think. It is found in nature, industrial processes, food, agriculture, and medicine.

Researchers Made Biodiesel Conversion From Used Cooking Oil Easier

10.27.2020 05:30 AM

A new powerful and low-cost technique has been devised for converting agricultural waste and used cooking oil into biodiesel, and even converting food waste and plastic to recycled products.

Physicists Finally Achieved Room-Temperature Superconductivity

10.15.2020 08:10 AM

A team of New York-based physicists has achieved one of modern science's most sought after phenomena - a material that conducts electricity with virtually perfect efficiency in what is known as superconductivity - with new material, and at higher temperatures.

LOOK: The World's First Real Retractable Lightsaber Inspired From Star Wars

10.14.2020 03:20 AM

Engineer and YouTuber James Hobson has created the first-ever retractable lightsaber that burns at over 4,000 degrees Celsius.

Meet 5 Women Who Made Scientific History

10.08.2020 23:32 PM

Men mainly dominate the scientific community. But some women also made significant contributions to the field of science like the women in this article.

Researchers Around the World Share Atmospheric Changes During the Pandemic

10.01.2020 08:10 AM

Atmospheric scientists worldwide share how nitrogen and carbon gas emissions have significantly decreased during the pandemic weeks after lockdown measures. Results show the impact of traffic-related pollution, which researchers would typically study over several years.

Unique Enzyme Combination Could Reduce Global Plastic Waste

09.29.2020 08:00 AM

Plastic-consuming organisms have been discovered years ago, yet aren't enough to efficiently rid of global plastic pollution. In a recent study, scientists combined two plastic-consuming enzymes that eat plastic up to three times faster than their natural counterparts.