Peatlands release more methane when disturbed by roads

Roads built through acidic wetlands may make greenhouse gas emissions from the wetlands spike by damming…

Breakthrough made in detecting carbon impurities in gallium nitride crystals via light

Carbon impurity has long hindered efficiency in nitride-based electronic and optical devices. But Researchers at Tohoku…

IRAS 18379–1707 is a metal-poor high-velocity star, observations find

Astronomers have conducted high-resolution spectroscopic observations of IRAS 18379–1707 (or LS 5112), a candidate post-asymptotic giant…

Research lifts the lid on the influence of pornography

Society needs a more critical, nuanced, and gendered understanding of pornography in the digital age, says…

Antarctica: below the surface

A paper, published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, describes how scientists used…

More advanced remote-sensing technology needed for weed detection, management

Remote sensing provides an alternative to ground-based manual scouting for weeds in agriculture fields. And, while…

Quake rattles Tuscany, no injuries reported

An earthquake struck Tuscany north of Florence on Monday, sending frightened people into the street in…

Navigating land and water: How centipedes walk and swim

Centipedes not only walk on land but also swim in water. Click here for…

Organic packaging to protect enzymes

As soon as you take medication, your body is already working on removing it from your…

New biomass map to take stock of the world's carbon

The first of a series of global maps aimed at quantifying change in carbon stored as…