Small, battery-powered planes are on the way. But building large, zero-emission airliners is a daunting challenge.

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The hazards associated with microplastic pollution are becoming increasingly recognized. However, one study suggests that researchers have misjudged the impacts of nanoplastics — the insidiously ...

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Researchers unveil how the nuclear pore complex precisely controls macromolecular transport, opening doors for biotech innovation.

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Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, it seemed worth looking today’s trajectories a little further forward and imagine where they might lead. Part 1 looked at ...

In the rush to enforce order, Malaysia may have overlooked something vital: how travellers actually move through its cities.

The centre’s research findings are that social grant beneficiaries in South Africa are pointing the way. Beneficiaries ...

How Afraid of the AI Apocalypse Should We Be? The A.I. researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks. This is an edited transcript of ...

You may have heard about the extensive testing facilities for spacecraft and equipment, but how do scientists prepare for the human aspect of space exploration?

Breweries nationwide create waste at several stages of the beer-making process. Repurposing parts of this waste could improve ...