New research suggests that the contamination of seabed sediments with zinc, lead, and copper from past mining operations is causing the shells of king scallops to become significantly more brittle
Sub-nanoparticles with particle sizes of around 1 nm are now considered a new class of materials with distinct properties due to the predominance of quantum effects
Cooking rice in a certain way removes over 50 percent of the naturally occurring arsenic in brown rice, and 74 percent in white rice, according to new research
Material shown to reduce up to 45 percent of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning energy consumption in buildings in simulations, compared to traditional glass windows
New research shows that some crops are adapted to a pre-industrial environment and cannot distribute their resources effectively to take advantage of extra CO2