Pit No. 7 at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan Province has yielded thousands of ritual objects over decades of excavation: bronze masks with protruding eyes, ivory, jade tools, and figurines whose ...

Researchers have developed an organic-inorganic hybrid nano-flame retardant, HP@ZIF, that significantly improves fire ...

MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials first synthesized at Drexel University in 2011. They have been recognized by the ...

Cephalopods are a group of soft-bodied marine mollusks that include cuttlefish, octopuses, squid and nautiluses. Many of ...

Researchers developed lightweight polyester camouflage fabrics coated with screen-printed polymer composites containing ...

Tiny pH-sensitive containers helped scratched water-based coatings keep corrosion at bay during demanding saltwater tests.

Fossil plankton shells show that three million years ago, under warmer climate, nitrogen fixation was reduced. • About 3 million years ago: During the warm late Pliocene, nitrogen fixation in the ...