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Earth’s permafrost could soon release hidden ‘deep carbon,’ supercharging warming
Earth’s permafrost could soon release hidden ‘deep carbon,’ supercharging warming Melting permafrost is releasing carbon into the atmosphere, but scientists may have underestimated just how bad the situation may be, a …
Rare-earth-free zinc oxide achieves a first in stress-to-light conversion
Mechanoluminescent materials convert mechanical energy such as stress, strain and vibration directly into light, making them attractive as self-powered sensors that require no batteries or wiring. From biomedical sensor…
Landscape water velocities across Europe reshape nitrogen pollution risk under climate change
Nitrate pollution is a growing global environmental challenge due to the extensive use of fertilizer. A study published in Science, led by the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) with the …
We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war
Oxidation reactions are indispensable to the chemical industry, but from a process safety perspective, they are among the most challenging transformations. A r…
A new study shows that horse owners' psychological characteristics, including their attachment styles and personality traits, are systematically linked to how …
A new study shows that the Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart by its larger sibling on the Milky Way's periphery, upending our understanding of our c…
Migration flights of dragonflies and damselflies crisscross much of our planet, new research reveals. Scientists from the universities of Exeter and Lund revie…
Around the world, ocean warming is causing fish to move poleward in search of cooler water.
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to depart the Intern…
Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211. Galaxy cluster…
The alien stories Scientific American editors keep coming back to The 24 alien books the Scientific American staff love, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ga…
This March 20, 2026, image of Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is a composite view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. It sh…
Alaska’s glaciers are proving to be highly sensitive to warming temperatures. Using radar satellites to monitor more than 3,000 glaciers, researchers found tha…
