Airborne Chemicals Reveal Amazon Drought Stress
September 12, 2025
By tracking volatile organic compounds, scientists reveal how rainforest canopies cope with extreme water shortages
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Earliest Evidence of Betel Chewing Found in 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Teeth
By Henry Thomas
September 10, 2025
Using LC-MS, scientists trace alkaloid signatures in ancient plaque, revealing the earliest biomolecular evidence of chewing practices in Southeast Asia
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A Safer Stop-Gap for Non-Stick Surfaces?
September 8, 2025
Toronto researchers use “nanoscale fletching” to achieve high repellency with minimal PFAS – an effective but likely temporary fix
5 min read
How Dynamic Rivers Enabled the First Cities in Mesopotamia
August 29, 2025
Using sediment cores, satellite data, and geochemical tools, researchers reveal how tides and shifting deltas nurtured early Sumerian cities
2 min read
Drowning in Features; Thirsty for Answers
By Henry Thomas
August 26, 2025
The challenge of identifying unknowns looms large for mass spectrometry, says Susan Richardson, who returned from ASMS 2025 with new ideas – and a hope that AI might finally bridge the gap between data and discovery
8 min read
Microbial Gene Ratios Reveal Oil Spill Forensics
By Henry Thomas
August 20, 2025
Gene-ratio profiling provides rapid, cost-effective oil spill assessment with predictive power for bioremediation
3 min read
LLMs Identify Microplastics via IR Spectra
August 18, 2025
New workflow shows AI can assist environmental monitoring – but not all models are created equal
1 min read
Water-Splitting Technique Enables Renewable Ammonia Synthesis
By Henry Thomas
August 12, 2025
Electrochemical design offers a sustainable alternative to the Haber-Bosch process
2 min read
Did Neanderthals Feast on Rotting Maggoty Meat?
By Henry Thomas
August 8, 2025
By studying fly larvae raised on human tissue, scientists challenge long-standing assumptions about Neanderthal hypercarnivory
2 min read
PFAS: The Year So Far
August 4, 2025
From wildfire smoke and household dust to breakthrough remediation – we round up the most striking PFAS stories of 2025
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