A plan to expand irrigated farming around one of Europe’s most important wetlands has alarmed conservation scientists and European officials. They fear the proposal, advanced…
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BIOMEDICINE Early test for Parkinson’s disease A large study has shown that a test can indicate a person has Parkinson’s disease before they start having…
We love what you’re doing, but don’t count on getting the additional billions of dollars you’ve been promised. That was the message this week from…
Like a mighty firecracker, Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, blew up today, 4 minutes into its first attempt to reach space.…
SAN FRANCISCO—Imagine a cookbook with 150,000 tempting dishes—but few recipes for making them. That’s the challenge facing an effort at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…
Los Alamos, New Mexico—Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists…
The U.S. submarine fleet’s biggest adversary lately hasn’t been Red October. In 2005, the nuclear-powered USS San Francisco collided with an underwater volcano, or seamount,…
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have reversed a promising trend in the racial makeup of U.S. prisoners. In recent years, Black people have comprised a…
In addition to its horrific human toll, the war in Ukraine has inflicted widespread damage on the nation’s forests. Bombs and missiles have sparked thousands…
When Jeremy Kamil started to sequence samples of the rapidly spreading pandemic coronavirus in the spring of 2020, it was clear where he should deposit…
Yeast are carb lovers, sustaining themselves by fermenting sugars and starches from sources such as dough, grapes, and grains, with bread, wine, and beer as…
A novel cancer vaccine tailored to genetic changes in a person’s tumor is showing promise in the clinic. In a study of about 150 people…
The Great Wall of China is testimony to a mysterious culture that dominated the Eurasian steppes between 200 B.C.E. and 100 C.E. The Xiongnu, mounted…
Anyone who’s ever owned a telescope has probably tried looking through the wrong end to see whether it works in reverse—that is, like a microscope.…
One thousand years ago, according to Viking sagas, intrepid seafarers sailed west from Greenland to a coast they called Vinland. There they set up camps,…
A full autopsy and detailed examination of the brain of a 79-year-old Florida woman who died after receiving lecanemab, an experimental Alzheimer’s therapy, in a…
As anyone who’s taken a long flight knows, sitting still for too long is a major pain. It can also present a serious health hazard,…
MATERIALS SCIENCE Storied accelerator to test chips The world’s first superconducting cyclotron will receive a new lease on life testing next-generation microchips, Michigan State University’s…
In March, University of Rochester (U of R) physicist Ranga Dias made a blockbuster announcement: His team had detected superconductivity at room temperature, in a…
MIAMI—For nearly 2 years, bustling teams of archaeologists—totaling more than 120 researchers on some days—have excavated a sprawling waterfront lot here in one of this…