Microplastics affect the survival of amphibians and invertebrates in river ecosystems

In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC) in Madrid, the UPV/EHU’s Stream Ecology…

How the moon formed: New research sheds light on what happened

How the Earth got its moon is a long debated question. The giant impact theory –…

Does lack of paid sick time make US susceptible to global health crisis?

Robert Bruno is a professor of labor and employment relations at the Urbana campus of the…

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…

Introducing the light-operated hard drives of tomorrow

What do you get when you place a thin film of perovkite material used in solar…

Urban pollinators make beeline for native violet blooms

Polish researchers find violet coloured native flowers are favoured by urban-dwelling bumblebees. Click here…

Image: The foam-coarsening experiment aboard the ISS

Another fluid experiment joins long running research on foam stability on the International Space Station. The…

Cryo-EM reveals unexpected diversity of photosystems

Annemarie Perez Boerema from Alexey Amunts lab has reconstructed the atomic models of new forms of…

Fresh groundwater flow important for coastal ecosystems

Groundwater is the largest source of freshwater, one of the world’s most precious natural resources and…

How awareness about the need for climate change mitigation could be turned into action

Awareness of climate change and its impacts is not enough to move people to action. New…