Scientists design polymer networks that enable hydrogels to self-oscillate or convert light into chemical energy.

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The bird retina is one of the most energetically expensive tissues in the animal kingdom, yet it doesn’t use the energy ...

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To grow the best tomatoes this summer, a tomato-growing expert has taken to social media to share their go-to method to make the plant "thrive" and make the fruit "grow like crazy".

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Ancient volcanoes in the Arctic may have trapped Earth in repeated "Snowball Earth" freezes for 56 million years.

If human activity is changing the mix of trace metals in surface waters, it could alter the nutrient balance phytoplankton ...

Sunlight can be used to activate sustainable 2D materials capable of degrading toxic pollution in water. BIRMINGHAM, ...

Geologists Stumble Upon Puzzling 'Elephant Skin' Rocks That Could Rewrite the History of Life ...

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...