Chemists prove the mechanism of direct amination from benzene

A team of chemists from Tomsk Polytechnic University discovered a mechanism of direct electrophilic amination and…

Natural spectral lines

Certain ranges of frequency across the electromagnetic spectrum are reserved by regulators for particular applications: TV,…

Researchers trace the genetic history and diversity of wheat

A team of researchers from Université Clermont Auvergne and BreedWheat in France and the International Wheat…

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover finds a clay cache

NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed that the region on Mars it’s exploring, called the “clay-bearing unit,”…

Call to consider raising minimum legal length of bluefish in New South Wales

A UNSW study has found the length that tailor (bluefish) are reaching maturity has increased by…

Study points to non-Newtonian force affecting particles' flight

The quotation marks had the force of tradition—and the tradition of force—behind them. Click…

A new view of exoplanets with NASA's upcoming Webb Telescope

While we now know of thousands of exoplanets—planets around other stars—the vast majority of our knowledge…

ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin

On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An…

Colombia could lose 60% of land suitable for irrigated rice due to climate change

Without significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Colombia will have 60 percent less land suitable…

Ammonia detected on the surface of Pluto, hints at subterranean water

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in France has…