The Physics of ‘Sniping’ for Gold
Before you go prospecting in the nearest river, here’s the science of what separates the rocks from the good stuff. ..
Before you go prospecting in the nearest river, here’s the science of what separates the rocks from the good stuff. ..
A new paper showing how water actually travels through a plastic membrane could make desalination more efficient. That’s good news for a thirsty world. ..
An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler. ..
Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved ..
Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away. ..
Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools. ..
These cells—and the way they reawaken—can tell biologists quite a lot about life, death, and the gray zone in between. ..
The former soccer player is working to turn agricultural waste into a fossil fuel replacement, reducing emissions and harmful byproducts. ..
In the future, remote-controlled quadcopters might mean that researchers won’t have to crawl inside volcanoes to collect carbon dioxide anymore. ..
In the rapidly warming Eastern Mediterranean, water stratifies into layers, like a cake. That’s allowing carbon-spewing crystals to form. ..