Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.

Commonly used laboratory gloves may have contaminated samples and led scientists to overestimate levels of microplastic pollution.

One of the most visible demonstrations took place during a globally livestreamed exhibition at the 2025 National Amateur Chinese Chess Championship (Tencent Tiantian Xiangqi University League).

The researchers recreate the extreme conditions that can be found inside planets using two-story 6,000-ton uniaxial ...