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Selenium is an essential nutrient named after the Greek goddess of the Moon − crucial to health, it may help prevent and treat cancer
Selenium is found in trace amounts in living organisms, soil and plants. Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock via Getty Images Plus…
Giant glaciers pulverised Earth’s ancient rocks, setting the stage for complex life
Petr Jan Juracka / Shutterstock Chris Kirkland, Curtin University Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white…
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Kshitij Sabnis, Queen Mary University of London The US aerospace company Boom Supersonic recently announced it has successfully…
Switching to electric vehicles will push the power grid to the brink
AdamEdwards / shutterstock Florimond Gueniat, Birmingham City University The UK’s pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 hinges…
Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled
Huguette Roe/Shutterstock Sukhbir Sandhu, University of South Australia In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic…
p53 is both your genome’s guardian and weakness against cancer – scientists are trying to repair or replace it when it goes awry
To stop tumors from forming, p53 can trigger programmed cell death. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images…
Microsoft just claimed a quantum breakthrough. A quantum physicist explains what it means
Microsoft says the Majorana 1 processor is a ‘transformative leap toward practical quantum computing’. Microsoft Stephan Rachel, The…
Quantum effects make distant objects move together: new research finds this may happen with ripples in space
An illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Eventually they will merge, producing gravitational waves. Mark Garlick/Science…
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice
Brain damage can release harmful chemicals such as free radicals that cause further damage. fatido/E+ via Getty Images…
How satellites revolutionised climate change science
aappp / shutterstock Will de Freitas, The Conversation Until relatively recently, humans were limited by the horizon. Climate…