Imagine biting into a seemingly fresh fruit salad only to realize it's contaminated with dangerous bacteria. Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus are notorious for causing food poisoning. Scientists have come up with a clever new method to spot these invisible enemies in your food. They
Scientists have created a cool new 3D crystal structure using barium and a special acid. This structure, called a metal-organic framework (MOF), is built from long, rod-like building blocks. These blocks are connected by a type of acid called terephthaloylbis(azanediyl)diacetic acid, or TPBA for sho
Have you heard about Streptococcus suis? It's a sneaky bug that's caused some serious problems in pigs, leading to major losses for the farming industry. Yet, its threat to humans was often overlooked, even after a big outbreak in Sichuan, China, that left people very sick. Scientists in Zhejiang P
Imagine powering your car or home with nothing but water and air. That's the promise of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). But to make this a reality, scientists need to find a way to make a crucial process called oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) happen more efficiently in acidic environme
Ever wonder what happened to Fossil’s Wear OS smartwatches? Well, the last one just vanished! Fossil, once a big player in Google’s Wear OS, announced they were done with smartwatches about a year ago. And now, the final Fossil smartwatch on the market, the Citizen CZ Smart Gen 2, has disappeared. F
Ever thought about how exercise helps keep your muscles in shape? Well, let's dive into a fascinating study done on rats! When rats eat a high-fat diet, their muscles struggle to store sugar properly. This is a big deal because it can lead to something called insulin resistance, which makes it tough
Last night marked a big change for Bulgaria and Romania as they officially joined the Schengen zone, making it easier to travel across many European countries without border checks. This expansion includes countries like Germany, Spain, and France, among others. The Schengen area now covers 25 of th
Scientists recently studied how water behaves when hydrophobic particles, which repel water, are added to it. They used a special kind of graphite called highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and a type of hydrophobic particle called (GA)15 fibrils. They found that within just a few hours, when
Ever wondered why hydrogen bonds in nitriles cause strange shifts in their vibrational spectra? It turns out, the answer lies in the geometry and dynamics of these bonds. Scientists have been using a method called vibrational Stark effect (VSE) spectroscopy to study noncovalent, electrostatic intera
Imagine this: trillions of tons of clean energy, hidden beneath our feet. That's what a recent study found. Hydrogen, a powerful and clean fuel, is lurking deep underground, and there might be enough to power the world for centuries. Scientists think there's about 6. 2 trillion tons of it, which is
