Smartphone study points to new ways to measure food consumption

A team of researchers has devised a method using smartphones in order to measure food consumption—an…

Climate change concern unaffected by pandemic, study shows

COVID-19 has not made people any less concerned about climate change—despite the pandemic disrupting and dominating…

Unique feeding behavior of Asian kukri snakes gutting frogs and toads

After describing a unique behavior in the Small-banded Kukri Snake (Oligodon fasciolatus) last September, two new…

How location dictates biological clocks of species: Study in beetles offers new insights

One of the most intriguing features in all living beings is the ‘biological clock,’ an internal…

An efficient method for separating O-18 from O-16, essential for use in cancer treatment

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) plays a major role in the early detection of various types of…

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and…

Selective concentration of cationic species

Sample pretreatment processes such as concentration or classification are essential to finding trace substances present in…

Physics of tumours: Cancer cells become fluidised and squeeze through tissue

Working with colleagues from Germany and the US, researchers at Leipzig University have achieved a breakthrough…

Locked MOFs are the key to high porosity

A highly porous metal organic framework, assembled from molecular building blocks designed to lock together in…

Quantum computing: When ignorance is wanted

Quantum computers promise not only to outperform classical machines in certain important tasks, but also to…