Soil status from SMOS

ESA’s SMOS satellite was designed to observe soil moisture and ocean salinity, but this innovative mission…

Sea-ice thickness and volume from SMOS and CryoSat

Sea-ice thickness and volume are essential climate variables that critically contribute to the characterisation of Earth’s…

Cryosphere measurements from SMOS

ESA’s SMOS satellite is providing valuable insights into the terrestrial cryosphere. SMOS, provides observations over regions…

US, Canadian jets intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft

Two Russian military reconnaissance aircraft were intercepted and escorted for hours near Alaska by US and…

Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell

Image: Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell Click here for original story, Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell …

Breakthrough made toward more powerful particle accelerators

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has for the first time demonstrated the ionization…

A novel technique to produce cheaper and more efficient chlorine

Chlorine is one of the most widely used industrial chemicals in the world today, with 75…

Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters

Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk—a type of sea snail—in the…

Scientists visualize the structure of a key enzyme that makes triglycerides

The first structure of a lipin enzyme, which carries out an important step in the production…

Oil price crash: will it affect the move to green energy?

The collapse in global oil prices may end up being bad news in the short term…