About 131 million years ago, an 11-foot-long ichthyosaur slammed snout first into the seafloor and was rapidly buried by sediments — a sequence of events that helped preserve not only her skeleton, but that of her unborn baby, along with the remains of her last meal.  These details are part of a new study from an international team published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology about the pregnant marine reptile, which the team named Fiona.

A web platform developed at Emory University uses a chatbot to enable any chemist — including undergraduate chemistry majors — to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through chatting.

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus — just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them almost everywhere they’ve looked, from Antarctic snow to human blood. 

In a new study, scientists have delineated the molecular process that causes these small pieces to break off in such large quantities.

Utah's locally sourced dust pollution carries far more hazardous elements than natural dust blown in from Great Basin, potentially threatening Salt Lake City’ water supplies, according to new research led by University of Utah.