A Star That Defied Death: New Findings Sheds Light on One of the Cosmos’ Most Extreme Environments
A group of physicists has developed a model that charts the unexpected orbit of a star around a supermassive black hole, uncovering new insights into…
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The Impact of Extinction: Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Sent Extraordinary Amounts of Sulfur Into the Stratosphere
While the popular Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” has raised public consciousness to the potential catastrophic effects of asteroid impact to planet Earth, new research…
Uncovering the Surprising Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction
A team of researchers publish a new study exploring the cause of the Late Ordovician mass extinction. We all know that the dinosaurs died in…
Minimal Differences in Environmental Impact of Hydrofracking vs. Conventional Gas/Oil Drilling
A study led by EES professor Tao Wen is one of the first to use machine learning techniques to holistically assess general water quality data….
New Research Shows Pain Relieving Effects of CBD
A new study led by researchers at Syracuse University sheds light on the ability of CBD to reduce pain along with the impact that the…
Fossil Fuels Replaced by Agriculture As Largest Human Source of Sulfur to the Environment
Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid rain, to the biosphere. A new study recently publishing August…
In HEPA We Trust: How to Make the Indoors Safer During COVID-19
Indoor air quality strategies and the prevention of COVID transmission. As schools prepare to reopen and more people are heading back to their offices and…
Physicists Confirm Discovery of Four-Quark Hadron
The Large Hadron Collider beauty collaboration has confirmed the existence of exotic hadron with two quarks, two anti-quarks. Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts…
Chemists Synthesize Nanomaterials with Stainless Steel-Like Interfaces
Researchers at Syracuse University have developed a new synthetic pathway to tailor the internal microstructure of nanomaterials. Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences…
Researchers Use Nanotechnology To Harness the Natural Light Produced by Fireflies
By designing a way to chemically attach genetically manipulated luciferase enzymes directly to the surface of nanorods, scientists at Syracuse University found a new way…
