Radical environmentalists are fighting climate change – so why are they persecuted?

Climate change, deforestation, widespread pollution and the sixth mass extinction of biodiversity all define living in…

New X-ray imaging approach could boost nanoscale resolution for advanced photon source upgrade

A longstanding problem in optics holds that an improved resolution in imaging is offset by a…

What’s behind smelly wine

Aging often improves the flavor of wine, but sometimes the beverage emerges from storage with an…

The stiffest porous lightweight materials ever

Researchers at ETH have developed and manufactured a family of architectures that maximises the stiffness of…

Fossils key to fulfilling Darwin’s 160-year-old prediction

A new study by researchers at the University of Salford has shown that fossils are likely…

More floods and water scarcity ahead, but there is still time to mitigate their severity

Flooding and water scarcity in Europe will increase in the coming decades, but to a much…

The real history of quantum biology

Quantum biology, a young and increasingly popular science genre, isn't as new as many believe, with…

Scientists create way to power pacemaker with light

University of Chicago scientists have pioneered a technique that could one day create a pacemaker that…

Faster, cheaper test can help predict risk of metastasis in prostate cancer patients

A report describes a new assay to assess copy number alterations that is cheaper, faster, reproducible,…

Fire’s effects on soil moisture, runoff

The 2011 Las Conchas mega-fire in New Mexico burned more than 150,000 acres and threatened the…