Explore 100 weird things found in nature that don't make sense! From zombie ants to dancing plants, uncover bizarre phenomena that challenge everything you ...

Each year, farmers worldwide apply close to 200 million tonnes of the three primary nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the three essential building blocks for plant growth, to their crops.

China has ample urea to support nitrogen-hungry crops like corn Domestic urea prices only a third of international benchmarks China unlikely to ease export curbs, some analysts say BEIJING/SINGAPORE, ...

Helical liquid crystals and chirality Helical liquid crystals naturally produce circularly polarized light, making them attractive for chirality control. The catch is that neighboring molecules grip ...

A new LED design uses a built-in nanoscale metasurface to emit circularly polarized light directly, eliminating bulky optics for 3D displays and AR devices. (Nanowerk News) From 3D movie screens to ...

In 2021, dermatologist David Ozog was on holiday with his family in the Bahamas, when his 18-year-old son had a massive stroke. The teenager was airlifted to Florida, and then to Chicago for surgery.

India has asked China to allow the sale of some urea cargoes as the war in the Middle East curtails the nation’s gas supplies, threatening fertilizer production in the agricultural powerhouse. Indian ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo chemist Jason Benedict and his team spent years developing photoswitchable crystals. Every crystal’s shape is a mirror of the internal arrangement of their ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that a purely inorganic crystal grown from water solution can emit circularly polarized light, a special form of light whose "handedness" ...

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optical sensing technique that measures blood volume changes and underpins devices ranging from hospital-grade pulse oximeters to consumer wearables that track heart ...

A device produces green light while a researcher in lab gear stands in the background. This OLED device, which is held by a mechanical support, is producing circularly polarized light. Credit: ...