An antibiotic masquerading as a natural compound in the Giant Madeiran Squill

A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical…

Changes to drylands with future climate change

While drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change,…

PIA23820: Windstreaks

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Research pinpoints which Australian cities take biggest economic blow from COVID-19

In an international collaboration between the University of South Australia Business School, the Hunter Foundation Research…

New NASA radar looks to monitor volcanoes and earthquakes from space

Instead of looking up to the sky for bright bursts of fiery color, a research team…

While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction

At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the…

Isolating an elusive phosphatetrahedrane

A research team in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge…

Northern peatlands will lose some of their carbon dioxide sink capacity under a warmer climate

A Nordic study sheds new light on the role of northern peatlands in regulating the regional…

Plant root hairs key to reducing soil erosion

The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion,…

Do urban fish exhibit impaired sleep?

Melatonin controls the body clock—high melatonin levels make us feel tired in the evening. However, the…