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Scientists Just Found the First Sugar Ever Detected in Deep Space, and It Could Rewrite the Story of Life
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (556+ words) Scientists have identified the first sugar ever detected in interstellar space, revealing a surprising chemical pathway that may have helped seed early Earth with life's building blocks....
Astronomers Just Found a Four-Carbon Sugar in Deep Space, and It Didn’t Form the Way Anyone Expected
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (425+ words) Astronomers have detected a rare sugar in a distant molecular cloud, adding a new twist to the search for life's chemical ingredients beyond Earth. Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar, in a giant cloud of gas and dust near…...
Researchers Turn Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Using Old Car Battery Acid and Sunlight in a Single Process
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (497+ words) A discarded plastic bottle and an old car battery do not seem to have much in common. Yet scientists have found a way to bring them together in an innovative process that produces hydrogen. Researchers have found a way to…...
A College Student Mixed Water, Oil, and Nickel and Accidentally Created a Liquid That Refused to Obey Thermodynamics
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (501+ words) A student’s routine lab shake produced a liquid that kept rebuilding a strange ancient shape, forcing scientists to rethink a basic rule. Raykh had accidentally created a shape-recovering liquid, a new state of matter that defies some long-held expectations derived…...
Scientists Tested Roads Made With Recycled Fishing Nets After 84 Tons Were Collected at Sea
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (398+ words) What happens when discarded fishing nets end up in road pavement? A Hawaii experiment is beginning to deliver answers....
Scientists Spot Rare Atmospheric Signature Tied to Space Debris Reentry
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (399+ words) A new laser-based detection system is revealing how burned-up satellites and rocket debris may already be altering Earth’s upper atmosphere. “Lithium is a crucial species for investigating anthropogenic impacts on the middle atmosphere because of its extensive use in the…...
Researchers Create Plastic That Completely Self-Destructs on Command in Just Six Days
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (496+ words) Disposable plastics, designed to be used briefly, often last centuries in landfills and oceans. The creation of this “living plastic” is a response to the long-standing problem of plastic’s durability. While plastics are essential for many products, from packaging to…...
Forget Lithium Batteries: Scientists Built a Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (722+ words) Most farm sensors die because their batteries do. This new device runs on dirt alone and never needs a charge. A sensor buried in a farm field has two ways to stay powered. A battery that will die. Or a…...
Spanish Scientists Developed New Membrane That Cuts Hydrogen Processing Time from 3 Days to 3 Hours
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (533+ words) This next-generation membrane might change how hydrogen is refined. And the most surprising part isn’t just the outcome. A team from ICMM-CSIC has developed a new membrane that makes hydrogen purification much faster and more precise. With permeability up by…...
Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to “Store Sunlight” in a Liquid, And Release It Anytime
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (306+ words) A team of researchers has found a way to trap sunlight in an unexpected form; one that doesn’t rely on wires, panels, or conventional batteries. The system explored here belongs to molecular solar thermal (MOST) storage, a field focused on…...