Extinction: One third of all lemurs 'on the brink'

A third of all the lemur species on Earth are “one step from extinction”. …

The spin state story: Observation of the quantum spin liquid state in novel material

Aside from the deep understanding of the natural world that quantum physics theory offers, scientists worldwide…

Care for cats? So did people along the Silk Road more than 1,000 years ago

Common domestic cats as we know them today might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more…

Researchers develop high-speed, low-power silicon-germanium chips for cloud computing

Researchers at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, in cooperation with CEA LETI and STMicroelectronics,…

New insights revealed in the evolution of community-level heredity

What would happen if a selection experiment was performed on thousands of communities of microbes based…

Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment

Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are emerging contaminants often found in treated domestic wastewater, even…

Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume

Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry…

Nigeria's gorillas: World's rarest great ape pictured with babies

The sighting of young Cross River gorillas eases fears they will soon die out, conservationists say. …

Dust particles over Cuba

Cuba Click here for original story, Dust particles over Cuba Source: ESA…

Aerosols from Saharan dust plume

The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is dedicated to monitoring air pollution by measuring a multitude of trace…