Why ‘low carbon’ roses are flown around the world

Flowers grown in the tropics don’t need heated greenhouses.

Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~6 min

How our team spotted the most energetic neutrino detected to date

You would have to flip 75 heads in a row on a fair coin to have the same probability of a single neutrino interacting with a particle of matter.

James Keegans, Teaching Fellow of Physics, University of Hull • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~7 min


How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future

Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.

Sarah Gabbott, Professor of Palaeontology, University of Leicester • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~9 min

Sofas that self-assemble when you heat them up? How 4D printing could transform manufacturing

This unsung research area involves 3D-printing smart materials that can change shape when they come into contact with stimuli like heat or light.

Mahdi Bodaghi, Associate Professor of Smart Materials & Manufacturing, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~8 min

Technofossils: how the pollution of today will become the fossils of the far future

Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.

Sarah Gabbott, Professor of Palaeontology, University of Leicester • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~9 min

Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there

Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.

Anna Mae Duane, Professor of English, University of Connecticut • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~9 min

Address science misinformation not by repeating the facts, but by building conversation and community

For science to have a meaningful impact on a group of people, new information needs to spread between trusted members of that community.

Anne Toomey, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~10 min

How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable

It costs money to maintain the various facilities, utilities and personnel that allow scientists to conduct research in the first place. Without federal support, institutions are left scrambling.

Aliasger K. Salem, Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iowa • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~10 min


Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive

From whale earwax to bird feathers, almost all organisms keep a record of their existence.

Anna Sturrock, Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, University of Essex • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 ~8 min

How smarter greenhouses could improve the UK’s food security

Around 70% of the Britain’s 12,000 greenhouses are more than 40 years old. So there’s a huge opportunity for hi-tech horticulture to improve food security.

Sven Batke, Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 ~7 min

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