Chemistry shapes nearly every part of modern life, from medicines and buildings to electronics, energy technologies, and everyday products. Green chemistry offe…

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UC Berkeley physicists have introduced phase contrast to the electron microscope, allowing scientists to see much smaller molecules and smaller structures inside cells.

Two university-led projects will receive a combined $2.96 million to advance astrophysics by developing innovative instruments for midsized ground-based optical…

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The Arctic Ocean shapes every aspect of life in Greenland. It feeds families, supports livelihoods, and connects generations through a deep relationship with th…

Luddy School Informatics Professor Staša Milojević seeks to push scientific boundaries with her prestigious Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant as p...

Ciliary flows buffer coral O2 supply under heat stress until a tipping point, above which hypoxia and tissue failure are induced.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.…

Solid neon can serve as a host for electron qubits that is resilient against charge and thermal noise, and exhibits a charge noise that is comparable to that of common semiconductor systems, as shown ...

New research has now revealed that iron telluride, a compound composed of the chemical elements iron and tellurium and long thought to be an ordinary magnetic metal, is in fact a superconductor.

Ultrafast response speeds from a pyroelectric photodetector are achieved by coupling a plasmonic nanogap cavity metasurface to an aluminum-nitride pyroelectric layer. The metasurface converts light i...

This is the third in a series of reports documenting the expansion of gold mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Previous reports (MAAP #227 and MAAP #230) analyzed the progress of this activity in the nor...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have engineered a liquid material that stores solar energy and releases it as heat hot enough to boil water. Published in Science, the study details a bio-inspired mole...

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

The air in Belém felt heavy that morning, charged with the expectation of rain. We sat around a table with maps spread out between us, their edges beginning to …

When asked where their water comes from, most Americans will answer simply: “my tap.” But long before water reaches the faucet, it is shaped by the environment.…

As U.S. research universities navigate funding uncertainties, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation aimed to provide one-time support to maintain the pipeline o…

Scientists developed a terahertz microscope that compresses terahertz light down to microscopic dimensions. This pinpoint of terahertz light can resolve quantum details in materials that were previous...

Background Cercozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and are part of the supergroup Rhizaria. Cercozoans have vastly different morphologies and are defined by their phylogenetic affinity. While...

Quantum interference of sodium nanoparticles, which can each contain more than 7,000 atoms at masses greater than 170,000 Da, is demonstrated.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 21, 2026 – The Computer History Museum (CHM), a leader in decoding technology—its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity—announced the launch of...

Chemistry is everything. It’s everything we see, touch and feel. From our clothes and our devices to ourselves. From research labs to large manufacturing plants…

Doug McConnell spent much of his adult life doing something that sounds simple and is not: he helped people look closely at the places where they lived. For decades he turned Northern California’s ope...

For the first time in decades, something truly special is happening at Russian Gulch Creek in Jenner Headlands Preserve — juvenile coho salmon have returned. These tiny, silvery fish are making their ...

Thanks to a generous grant for the Moore Foundation, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange commissioned four videos about recent community science projects. Each video shares the people, stories…

As part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 25th anniversary symposium series, staff from across the Bay Area's five largest science museums — Californi…