Environment
World's oldest trees reveal biggest solar storm in history
The Carrington Event of 1859 gave us a foretaste of just how dire the Sun was to humanity. But it could turn out to be worse than we imagined.
Carbon
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Event
Norway builds a giant pipeline to bring CO2 to the seabed
The Norwegian energy company Equinor proposed on June 29 to build a pipeline to transport CO2 to the seabed of the country for permanent burial.
Space science
Spherical, prismatic 'foreign object' exposed in meteorite that fell to Russia
German scientists have found bizarre carbon microcrystals in the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite that crashed into Russia in 2013.
Biology
Discovered a secret virus that dominates oceans around the world
Scientists say thousands of mysterious viruses have been discovered recently lurking in the world's oceans. In it, the focus is on RNA viruses that infect other ocean cr…
Environment
By 2030, people will face severe drought
By the 2030s, the Amazon rainforest will lose up to 75% of its current cover.
Science story
Why are tires black, even though the rubber is white?
While everything around us is a colorful picture, why should all tires be so monotonously black?
Oceanography
The world's first unmanned diving device to monitor CO2 in the ocean
An unmanned diving device with a built-in large sensor to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the ocean has completed its first night mission at Resurrection Bay in A…
Space science
Japan detects more than 20 types of amino acids in material samples from asteroids
On June 6, Japanese officials announced that scientists in this country had detected more than 20 types of amino acids in samples of materials caused by chemicals.
Environment
Developing the world's fastest CO2 capture system
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new compound that removes carbon dioxide from the air 99% of the time and twice as fast as current system…
Science story
Successful synthesis of 'miracle materials' invented 60 years ago
For decades, scientists have been trying to synthesize a new allotrope of carbon, called graphyne, but they have not succeeded until now.
Space science
Shock proof: Humans were born from the most terrible thing in the universe?
The world's most powerful supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have successfully simulated how carbon-12 - the seed of humans, species and even alie…
Scientific application
Potential to synthesize drugs and artificial food from CO2
Chinese scientists have developed a new method to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and fatty acids.
Oceanography
Scientists suddenly discovered a huge amount of sugar hidden under the sea
Scientists estimate that the world has 0.6 to 1.3 million tons of sugar in the land under seagrass, equivalent to the sugar in 32 billion cans of soft drinks.
AI - Artificial intelligence
Meta for artificial intelligence researching new ways to mix concrete
Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) research team has found a new concrete mixing formula that is harder and more environmentally friendly.
Discover science
Ultra-light fuel tank holds more than 150kg of hydrogen
The new fuel tank can help hydrogen aircraft fly four times farther than today's traditional fueled planes, and at the same time emit no carbon.