What mungee, the world's largest mistletoe, can teach us about treading lightly

Noongar Country of southwestern Australia is home to the world’s largest parasitic plant, a mighty mistletoe…

How a better understanding of mercury transformation can make ecosystems safer

A new study at UmeĆ„ University provides insight into how mercury transforms into its more toxic…

Generation X women experience age in seven ways, study finds

Generation X women experience age in seven different ways according to a new study by Nottingham…

Examining the role of Hadley cells in ongoing climate change

In the tropics, above the equatorial rainforests and oceans, the strong solar radiation hitting Earth propels…

Australian shelters, pounds kill 50,000 healthy cats and kittens a year: Research suggests there's a way to prevent it

Stray cats are a longstanding problem in Australian towns and cities. Common complaints about roaming cats…

Significant presence of cesium-rich microparticles in an abandoned school close to the Fukushima nuclear power plant

Work recently published in the journal Chemosphere has documented the presence of large amounts of highly…

Observers inspect complex magnetic field of the molecular cloud Lynds 43

Using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby…

Researchers suggest very short-lived halogens partially to blame for ozone depletion over the tropics

An international team of climate scientists has used climate models to show that some very short-lived…

Ingestible capsule to address GI tract diseases

Diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal tract diseases can be notoriously invasive and time-consuming: blood and stool lab…

Microorganisms are key to storing carbon in soils, shows new study

According to a study recently published in Nature, microorganisms play a key role in soil carbon…