How plants protect themselves from sun damage

Chemists have observed, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that have been proposed…

Mangrove conservation can pay for itself in flood protection

The natural coastal defenses provided by mangrove forests reduce annual flooding significantly in critical hotspots around…

Natural contaminant threat to drinking water from groundwater

Climate change and urbanization are set to threaten groundwater drinking water quality, new research shows. …

Knowing more about a virus threat may not satisfy you

People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about a new infectious disease threat could also be…

Hot time in the city: Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance

Faced with a gritty landscape of metal fences, concrete walls and asphalt pavement, city lizards in…

Radio galaxy NGC 3894 investigated with Fermi

Using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard NASA’s Fermi spacecraft, astronomers have investigated a nearby radio…

New carbon membrane generates a hundred times more power

Leiden chemists have created a new ultrathin membrane only one molecule thick. The membrane can produce…

Why do people migrate in Europe? New online tool explains

Are you one of those people moving into and around the EU for various reasons? Do…

Solved: The mystery of the expansion of the universe

The Earth, solar system, the entire Milky Way and the few thousand galaxies closest to us…

Method yields high rate of D-lactate using cyanobacteria, could revolutionize bioplastic production

A Kobe University led research team has illuminated the mechanism by which cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp. PCC…