Category: 7. Science

The dairy industry has been plagued by a persistent global problem for decades – bacterial infection of cow udders that significantly reduces milk production.

The condition, known as bovine mastitis, is estimated to cause annual…

Michigan State University scientists have pinpointed the molecular “switch” that supercharges sperm for their final sprint to an egg – a breakthrough that could reshape infertility treatments and pave the way for safe, nonhormonal…

Martian craters record repeated ice ages as planetary ice stores dwindle

by Riko Seibo

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025

Scientists have long debated how much water Mars once held and how it faded to today’s arid world. A new study in…

Twelve million years ago, a huge flightless predator known as a “terror bird” sprinted across tropical floodplains in what is now central Colombia.

Archaeologists discovered a single broken leg bone – evidence that turns a fragment into a…

The first charged aerosol detector (CAD) was introduced in 2005. Nearly twenty years later, this near-universal detector has become an indispensable tool in the analytical chemist’s quantitative arsenal. This paper explores the CAD’s origin…

The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS showed that significant numbers of interstellar objects populate interstellar space. Their omnipresence means that such objects also reside in protoplanetary disks, which are the reservoir…

Two greenish-hued comets are swinging through the inner solar system this fall, offering a rare chance to spot them in the coming weeks.

The comets, named C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are visible from the Northern Hemisphere now as…

Newswise — Scientists are exploring many ways to use light rather than heat to drive chemical reactions more efficiently, which could significantly reduce waste, energy consumption, and reliance on…

A gorgeous white-as-light Border Collie with eyes that look strange and beautiful is taking the internet by storm. This is the kind of pup David Bowie would write a song about. Like they’re seeing a world the rest of us can’t. He looks like the…