Illumination drives bats out of caves

Researchers have investigated how the illumination of bat caves affects the animals’ behavior and whether the…

Blueprint for nanomaterial development offers hope to newborns, elderly and busy doctors

Scientist hopes ‘blueprint’ leads to a new golden age of healthcare. Click here for…

Unique data confirms why water turns brown

By analysing almost daily water samples taken from the same river from 1940 until today, researchers…

Trashed farmland could be a conservation treasure

Low-productivity agricultural land could be transformed into millions of hectares of conservation reserve across the world,…

Super rats or sickly rodents? Our war against urban rats could be leading to swift evolutionary changes

It took only a few seconds to spot one. Then another. As I walked into the…

Fiber-optic cables capture thunderquake rumbles

Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped…

Brilliance at Night: The Americas in Darkness

This image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired…

Sustainable separation technology makes new applications possible

Membranes are widely used to separate substances from each other, for example in water treatment or…

Study examines how Nashville songwriters co-write with stars

Country music songwriters must perform a careful dance when they work with famous singers who may…

Sonar study shows crater made by underwater Bikini atoll A-bomb test

A team of researchers from the University of Delaware has mapped the seafloor where an atomic…