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Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even centuries in rivers, lakes, and oceans—even when bathed in direct sunlight?

In the midst of climate change, awareness of humanity’s negative impact on the planet has grown, making the idea of moving to ...

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.

Scientists working with a massive underground detector in China designed to study neutrinos have released first major ...

Discover how elephants' decline impacts ecosystems, rice paper recycles e-waste gold, and sea cucumbers defy decay in recent ...

Motivated reasoning and publication bias can distort the evidence base in psychology. Do widely accepted findings always ...

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the ISS on May 27.

A new Koi Peptides survey of 412 laboratory researchers found that 75% rank sourcing quality among their top concerns when buying research peptides, placing it above price and shipping. The figure ...

The next great computing arms race is no longer about artificial intelligence chips and cloud servers. Quantum computing is ...

Researchers discovered a way to reverse the direction of energy flow in turbulence, challenging a theory that has stood for ...

Gabriel D. Victora's team has turned germinal centers into a living laboratory for one of biology's oldest questions: how ...