More farmers, more problems: How smallholder agriculture is threatening the western Amazon

Small-scale farmers are posing serious threats to biodiversity in northeastern Peru — and the problem will…

Turbo chip for drug development

In spite of increasing demand, the number of newly developed drugs decreased continuously in the past…

Improving heat recycling with thermodiffusion effect

Researchers find that the absorption of water vapor within industrial heat recycling devices is directly tied…

Invasive parrots have varying impacts on European biodiversity, citizens and economy

Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage and threaten native biodiversity. While substantial evidence of negative…

India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

Just before the intended launch of India’s Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon’s south pole, a…

Gaia’s biggest operation since launch and commissioning

On Tuesday 16 July, teams at ESA’s mission control will perform an ‘orbit change manoeuvre’ on…

Gaia’s biggest operation since launch

On Tuesday 16 July, teams at ESA’s mission control will perform an ‘orbit change manoeuvre’ on…

NASA Moon mission: Open University partners with space agency

It is hoped a new instrument will help scientists understand the sources and movement of water…

Artist Russ Arasmith's Visions of Apollo

Artist Russ Arasmith’s vision of Apollo was a potent vision of the program that shows in…

Confirmed: In space no one can hear you scream

The old tagline “in space no one can hear you scream” has been confirmed by a…