Beef cattle genetics, management critical in fine tuning herds to fit environment

Matching cattle to the land available to graze and the nutrition it offers is critical in…

Biodiversity yields financial returns

Farmers could increase their revenues by increasing biodiversity on their land. This is the conclusion reached…

New research to help identify safe sites for nuclear waste storage

New insights into rates of bedrock erosion by glaciers around the world will help to identify…

Statistical method allows the detection of higher order dependencies

In December, the academic publisher De Gruyter launched its new journal Open Statistics with an opening…

New multiplatform photon switch for application in quantum technology

An international team led by the Institute of Materials Science (ICMUV) of the University of Valencia…

Arctic ice melt is changing ocean currents

Using 12 years of satellite data, NASA scientists have measured how the influx of cold, fresh…

New approach to unraveling clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part…

Deformation of Zealandia, Earth's Hidden continent, linked to forging of the Ring of Fire

Recent seafloor drilling has revealed that the ‘hidden continent’ of Zealandia — a region of continental…

One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies

Scientists have found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the moon’s soil using a…

Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics

A new process may be the key to manufacturing flexible electronics with multiple functionalities in a…