Water quality is a big deal. It's important for our environment and the systems we build. Alkalinity is a key part of water quality. It's been measured in many ways, from old-school titrations to fancy spectrophotometric and electrochemical methods. Each has its pros and cons. But what if there was a simple, cheap way to do it? That's what a new approach is all about...

Imagine a vast digital library where anyone can explore and contribute to science. That's the European Open Science Cloud in a nutshell. It's designed to make data easy to find, use, and share. And guess who's one of the biggest groups using it? Regular people like you and me! We don't need to be experts to make a real difference in science, especially in areas like ...

Europe's Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is all about making data easy to find, use, and share. Unlike experts, the public needs a simpler way to dive into science. Even so, they're making big waves, especially in fields like astrophysics. This review looks at how everyday people are contributing to science through the EOSC. The EOSC is like a huge library where data is t...

Scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are collecting ticks to learn more about these pesky creatures and the diseases they carry. So far, over 5,000 ticks have been submitted by the public through a research study called TICK Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS). This time of year, you might find more deer ticks. Deer ticks are small and can spread illn...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Galaxy Zoo initiative extend an invitation: assist in categorizing millions of galaxies captured by the Euclid space telescope. Euclid's ambition is to expose the secrets of the 'dark universe' - dark matter and dark energy - and their influence on the observable universe. During its six-year tenure, Euclid will photograph bi...