New light shed on ancient New Zealand fossils

Ancient marine creatures once believed to have been mere ‘bit players’ in the fossil record have…

The health of coral reefs in the largest marine protected area in the world

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) has published their latest findings from the Global…

Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produce oil

Cyanobacteria—colloquially called blue-green algae—can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light.…

New species of gecko has been hiding in plain sight

Six new species of gecko that have essentially been hiding in plain sight have been described…

Genetics reveal behavioral and physical barriers between urban and rural red foxes in and around berlin

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Luxembourg National Museum…

Longest microwave quantum link

Physicists at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a five-meter-long microwave quantum link, the longest of its kind…

Simultaneous optical trapping and imaging in the axial plane for light-matter interaction

Optical trapping has become a powerful tool in numerous fields such as biology, physics, chemistry. In…

Freeze-dried soil is more suitable for studying soil reactive nitrogen gas emissions

Earth’s atmosphere and climate change are strongly affected by gas exchange between land and atmosphere. Reactive…

China Spallation Neutron Source: Beam power reaches design goal ahead of schedule

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) conducted on-schedule beam commissioning from Feb. 3 to Feb. 28,…

Research: Structural and functional studies of corticotropin-releasing factor receptors

CRF1R and CRF2R, two members of class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), are widely expressed in the…