Ukrainian researchers hope that research-funding reforms will revitalize the innovation sector.Credit: Ukrinform/Shutterstock Undaunted by the turmoil of the Russian invasion, the European Union has scaled up its presence in the Ukrainian research sector, establishing funding channels and offices in Kyiv. Scientists hope that these moves will drive reforms in Ukraine’s research-funding system and breathe new…

Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host its annual “Heroes for Nature” Gala from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. this Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, at the Brockey Center at South Seattle College. The event, dedicated to celebrating the beauty of nature and the power of education, science, and community, will feature an elegant evening of fundraising, networking, and environmental advocacy. The gala kicks…

Some universities across the United States are reducing or halting their PhD admissions because of federal-funding uncertainties stemming from actions taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Few universities have released public statements about their strategies, so prospective graduate students have remained largely in the dark about which institutions are cutting back. Nature…

Abstract Optical sorting combines optical tweezers with diverse techniques, including optical spectrum, artificial intelligence (AI) and immunoassay, to endow unprecedented capabilities in particle sorting. In comparison to other methods such as microfluidics, acoustics and electrophoresis, optical sorting offers appreciable advantages in nanoscale precision, high resolution, non-invasiveness, and is becoming increasingly indispensable in fields of biophysics,…

Abstract Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is an evolving field aimed at discerning crystal structures with minimal prior information. Despite the success of various CSP algorithms, their practical applicability remains circumscribed, particularly for large and complex systems. Here, to address this challenge, we show an evolutionary structure generator within the MAGUS (Machine Learning and Graph Theory…

Read the paper: Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE The brain of a man who died nearly 2000 years ago was turned to glass by extreme conditions during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Researchers studied the strange material found in the man’s skull and spine…

In an executive order signed on Earth Day 2022, former President Joe Biden charged federal agencies to work with researchers to measure the health of natural spaces across the county, from city parks to pristine wilderness areas. The report’s sobering aspect, though, would be to catalog how benefits offered by the natural world might quickly…

There have long been worries that a critical network of currents in the Atlantic Ocean could come to a halt catastrophically as the climate changes. Credit: Gordon Scammell/Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty A crucial ocean-current system seems unlikely to collapse even in the face of severe climate change ― despite predictions that it would disintegrate if…

Abstract Finding an Earth–Sun analogue is one of the longest-standing goals in astronomy. The detection of such a system using the radial velocity (RV) technique is highly challenging, and would require coordinated advances in astronomical telescopes, fibre optics, precision spectrographs, large-format detector arrays and data processing. Measurements at the necessary 10−10 level over multiyear periods…

Researchers all over the world are funded by the National Institutes of Health.Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Researchers worldwide who are funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the world’s biggest funder of biomedical research — are facing uncertainty about the future of their grants, after the administration of US President Donald…