Addressing root causes of forest fires

In a new video, the European Forest Institute (EFI) looks at the key factors of increased…

Early example of a local nautical map from Hispanic America

In the last third of the 16th century, the Spanish crown launched a project to obtain…

3-D printing technologies transport students to ancient greece

The use of 3-D printing technologies in Victoria University of Wellington's Classics Museum has students using…

Broadband light sources with liquid core

Research scientists from Jena have produced broadband laser light in the mid-infrared range with the help…

Interactive protein posttranslational modifications regulate stress responses

Methylation and nitric oxide (NO)-based S-nitrosylation are highly conserved protein posttranslational modifications that regulate diverse biological…

Scientists determine algae biofuel composition

Scientists have used high-resolution mass spectrometry to determine the composition of a biofuel obtained from the…

Intermittent attention, poor memory shape public perceptions of inflation

Do you know your country's current inflation rate? What do you think it will be in…

WikiLeaks issues leaked Macron campaign emails to its site

PARIS (AP) -- Roughly 20,000 emails allegedly stolen from French President Emmanuel Macron's campaign have been…

Ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), also known as the doldrums, is one of the dramatic features…

Novel technique using graphene to create solar cells

Imagine a future in which solar cells are all around us—on windows and walls, cell phones,…