Ed Dwight: A space pioneer who eventually became an astronaut
Blue origin Ed Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the […]
Scientists create the thinnest lens on Earth, powered by excitons
Credit: Nano Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00694 Lenses are used to bend and focus light. Normal lenses rely on their curved
‘Shock of the end’: decrease in ship pollution caused global warming explosion
The reduction in transport pollution in 2020 led to a “big bottom hit” that is estimated to have pushed the
Q&A: Understanding protein mutations that affect gene expression to drive cancer progression
Graphic abstract. Credit: Cell genomics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100537 Graduate student Hillary Layden studies transcriptional control in cancer in the lab
Fossil fuel firms force countries to compensate them, says Mary Robinson
Fossil fuel companies are forcing governments to compensate them for lost revenue in the transition to a low-carbon global economy