Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert

Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday…

Silent witnesses: Further dark secrets of Batavia shipwreck laid bare

An archaeological research project spanning five years has shed new light on a tragic chapter in…

Silicon fertilization shown to increase wheat yields and water availability

For the first time, the effects of silicon fertilization on wheat yields were investigated for a…

Paleoclimatic research shows the connection between climate variability and mercury levels in the Arctic

A new study published in Nature Geoscience carried out by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in…

Quantum electrodynamics verified with exotic atoms

An international collaboration of researchers, including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the…

Dark clouds on the horizon: The most accurate measurements yet of black carbon in the atmosphere

Our industrialized society releases many and various pollutants into the world. Combustion in particular produces aerosol…

Washing with different soaps could make you more or less attractive to mosquitoes

Theories abound for why some people are mosquito magnets while others get off bite-free. A team…

Paper refutes assertion that effects of bottom trawling on blue carbon can be compared to that of global air travel

A paper published in Nature today refutes the findings of a paper by Sala et al…

Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity

UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the…

Biopharming technique yields cost-effective and environmentally friendly antimicrobial peptides

Plants engineered to produce therapeutic peptides could provide a cost-effective and sustainable platform for manufacturing drugs. …