New research reveals antifungal symbiotic peptide in legume

Fungal diseases cause substantial losses of agricultural harvests each year. The fungus Botrytis cinerea causing gray…

OSCAR Satellite QSO Party 1 Aug – 22 Sept

AO-73 (FUNcube-1) – credit Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG The objective of the AMSAT-UK OSCAR Satellite QSO Party…

MoD contracts Airbus for Skynet telecoms satellite

UK forces will get a new satellite as the MoD looks to overhaul its space communications…

A new idea on how Earth's outer shell first broke into tectonic plates

Plate tectonics theory posits that Earth’s outer shell is subdivided into plates that move relative to…

The Azores: Exotic insect species increase on islands through human impact

A new study reveals that the diversity of exotic species of insects, spiders and other arthropods…

A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic

A research team confirms biodegradation of polystyrene using darkling beetle larvae found in Korea. …

Immunotherapy safe for patients with COVID-19, cancer

Initial findings from a new study show that immunotherapy for cancer won’t worsen complications for patients…

Battery breakthrough gives boost to electric flight and long-range electric cars

Researchers have developed a new battery material that could enable long-range electric vehicles that can drive…

Q&A: Toward a new way of producing solar cells

Physicists from the University of Luxembourg together with international scientists have investigated the oxidation process of…

A mechanical way to stimulate neurons

In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can…