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Researchers conclude that the instability of marine-based ice sheets—those that flow directly into the ocean—was instrumental in accelerating global warming.

A new single-cell functional tool incorporating single-cell Raman-isotope probing, single-cell sorting and targeted metagenomics will enable researchers to screen and sequence active antibiotic resistant bacteria in native soils.

Exposure to phthalates in the womb has been associated with reduced lung function in childhood in a new study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.

Researchers have proposed an analytical approach to quantitatively evaluate the reversibility and irreversibility of practical lithium-metal batteries.

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine.

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to recent research.

New research has indicated that the accelerated rate of ice melting in the Arctic is associated with an increased rate in ocean acidification, which threatens marine life.

Researchers have developed a biosensor that could help physicians precisely diagnose brain cancer from a minute blood sample.

Scientists have developed a system that uses carbon dioxide to produce biodegradable plastics, or bioplastics, that could replace the nondegradable plastics used today.

Scientists are racing to learn whether microorganisms send more laughing gas (nitrous oxide) — a greenhouse gas with 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide — into the atmosphere after wildfires.