Daylight levels affect our thermal perception

A pioneering study carried out at EPFL shows that the amount of daylight in a room…

Climate change created today's large crocodiles

What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw? …

The ocean's plastic problem is closer to home than scientists first thought

You’re probably used to hearing that the ocean is full of plastic, but scientists are puzzled…

Croc-like carnivores terrorized Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years ago

Giant, predatory croc-like animals that lived during the Triassic period in southern Africa preyed on early…

Turning up the heat for weed control

Weeds are thieves. They steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our food crops. In the case…

Fullerene compounds knock out virus infections like HIV and HSV

Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology and the Institute of Problems of…

Ultra-rare kaon decay could lead to evidence of new physics

Scientists searching for evidence of new physics in particle processes that could explain dark matter and…

Human pressures on mammals in protected areas of West Africa

When a wildlife ecologist started her multiyear camera survey of West African wildlife, she sought to…

Compound extends survival in mice with certain pediatric brain tumors

Versions of an antibiotic drug called DON first isolated from soil bacteria more than 60 years…

New reaction will make indoline scaffolds available for pharmaceutical development

New approach to producing indolent scaffolds could streamline development and production of small-molecule pharmaceuticals, which comprise…