Seeing more species at the coast improves well-being: New research underlines benefits of biodiversity

Seeing a larger number of species on urban coastlines—from marine animals to seaweed—is likely to improve…

Biggest white diamond ever auctioned fetches $18.8 million

The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million…

Bottled water sales rose globally as pandemic took hold

Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as…

Study reveals corrosion mechanism of magnesium alloys in marine atmospheric environment

Magnesium alloys are widely used due to their excellent mechanical strength, creep resistance, damping performance and…

10,000 observations: Mountain Rain or Snow citizen scientists hit milestone

When the 10,000th observation was submitted to Mountain Rain or Snow on the morning of March…

Hepatitis: 3D structure determination of the 'gateway' to the liver

Though an essential gateway to the liver, NTCP had not been well described until now. Na+-taurocholate…

NeuroMechFly: A digital twin of Drosophila

EPFL scientists have developed a digital model of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, that realistically simulates…

Novel supramolecular CRISPR–Cas9 carrier enables more efficient genome editing

CRISPR-Cas9 is considered a revolutionary gene editing tool, but its applications are limited by a lack…

Researchers find way to form diodes from superconductors

A group of researchers from Pisa, Jyväskylä, San Sebastian and MIT have demonstrated how a heterostructure…

Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches, and leaving other countries behind

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They…