Photonics.com: Declining eyesight in humans was shown to improve when subjects looked at a deep red 670-nm light beam for three minutes a day for two weeks, according to a study led by researchers at University College London. The approach,…
New Scientist: Reactions between rocks, rain and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have helped to stabilise the climate throughout Earth’s history, but they won’t prevent our carbon emissions from causing…
Chemistry World: Interlocked molecules have entered a new dimension. Researchers have synthesised an ‘infinite three-dimensional catenane’ by constructing concatenated covalent–organic frameworks (COFs). This chemical chainmail is extraordinarily flexible and resilient, which could lead to applications in materials science and synthetic biology….
The Conversation: The number and scale of projects using and making hydrogen, a gas that releases energy when burned without emitting carbon dioxide, is rapidly growing. If its construction goes…
VICE: You may not realize it in your day-to-day life, but we are all enveloped by a giant “superbubble” that was blown into space by the explosive deaths of…