Scientists model role of aerosol-photolysis interaction in winter haze formation

A research team led by Prof. Li Guohui from the Institute of Earth Environment (IEE) of…

Fragmentation of comet ATLAS observed on the first crowd-sourced pictures from citizen astronomers

A group of citizen astronomers scattered all over the world has just demonstrated how a network…

On the origin of feces: CoproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop

The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine for insights into ancient health and…

A magnetic cork for the removal of water pollution

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), together with the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and the…

Why B.C. should reopen clean energy opportunities for Indigenous communities

A little more than a year ago, the British Columbia government launched an inquiry into the…

How to develop a new generation of faster, cheaper and greener optical networks

A team of scientists has developed a novel circuit architecture for high-speed optical transceivers to facilitate…

Scientists conduct first census of viruses and bacteria living in Florida Springs

Like oxygen, your brain stem, and love (for the romantics out there), The Floridan Aquifer falls…

Bats find road traffic noise 'iritating', causing activity to decrease by two-thirds

A new study has shown that road traffic noise causes bat activity to decrease by about…

What drives us to blame the marginalized for epidemics?

Epidemics often bring a search for scapegoats, with anti-Asian harassment in the wake of COVID-19 the…

Coronavirus: Sir John Houghton dies of suspected Covid-19

Sir John Houghton, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, died on Wednesday aged 88. …