Inline-capable spectroscopic measurement system for industrial quality assurance and process control

Ensuring quality without losing time: Companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industry in particular depend…

Two DNA defense systems behind resilience of 7th cholera pandemic

Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, a waterborne pathogen that infects the gut of humans…

A new microalgae strain raises hopes for less fishy-tasting vegan products

A new high-protein microalgae strain developed by researchers has now been scaled up by Portuguese microalgae…

A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Province, South China

Ichthyosaurs are a group of successful Mesozoic marine reptiles that have a worldwide distribution, but their…

A population Hub out of Africa explains East Asian lineages in Europe 45,000 years ago

The ancient human remains unearthed in the Bacho Kiro cave (in present-day Bulgaria) and recently genetically…

Whistleblowers expose big fraud. What makes us so obsessed and what can we learn?

Almost every streaming service today has a limited series or documentary that details recent fraud cases…

How the Indigenous practice of 'good fire' can help our forests thrive

In the past several years, California has endured the most extreme fires in its recorded history. …

Pandemic pain remains as Australia's economic recovery leaves the poor behind

“Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We…

Megathrust earthquake and tsunami 3,800 years ago kept hunter-gathers in Chile inland for 1,000 years

An international team of researchers has found evidence of a megathrust earthquake occurring approximately 3,800 years…

Private protected areas help conserve overlooked and threatened regions

New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions. …