Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do something bold and fresh – “to found a new science[1].” He pointed out that sciences based on the measurements of sound and light already existed. But there was no science of odor. Bell asked his readers to “measure a smell.”
Today, smartphones...
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When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays[1], which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These X-rays are the same kind that doctors use[2] to take pictures of broken bones inside the body. But instead of looking at the shadows...
Modern life relies on electricity and electrical devices, from cars and buses to phones and laptops, to the electrical systems in homes. Behind many of these devices is a type of energy storage device, the supercapacitor[1]. My team of engineers is working on making these supercapacitors even better at storing energy by studying how they...
When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him.
The animal chewed the leaves of a liana vine[1] – a plant[2] not normally eaten by apes. Over several days, the orangutan carefully applied the juice to...