10+ hour, 56+ min ago  (466+ words) Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to determine the existence of a critical point in supercooled water at around -63 "C and 1000 atmosphere. Ordinary water at higher temperatures and lower pressures is strongly affected by the presence…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (343+ words) Temperatures in the thin gas and dust between the stars in the universe can be as low as minus 270 degrees Celsius. Yet new molecules can be created there. How is this possible? Henning Schmidt's research team is attempting to understand…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (387+ words) The new study, published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, reveals the presence of five fluorotelomer sulfones " highly fluorinated, lipophilic (fat-loving) chemicals never before reported in wildlife. Unlike well studied PFAS, which typically accumulate in protein-rich tissues such as liver…...