Study demonstrates seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion

Most people's experience with seagrass, if any, amounts to little more than a tickle on their…

Robots to the rhino rescue

The critically endangered northern white rhino might have more of a chance thanks to a partnership…

Single molecule puts sperm on track

Sperm start their sprint to the ovum when they detect changes in the environment through a…

Bottom sediment reveals that climate change flows into lakes

Increasing amounts of dark-coloured carbon compounds that originate from catchment areas flow into the Arctic and…

Study examines impact of climate change on Louisiana’s Houma tribe

While Indigenous populations such as the Houma tribe on Louisiana's Gulf Coast are especially vulnerable to…

Immigrants: Citizens’ acceptance depends on questions asked

How many immigrants per year should Switzerland be prepared to welcome? Do the figures put forward…

Study finds model for getting students to complete community college

Community college students who receive comprehensive supports are more than 30 percent more likely to enroll…

Laser-driven spin dynamics in ferrimagnets: How does the angular momentum flow?

When exposed to intense laser pulses, the magnetization of a material can be manipulated very fast.…

Image: Ries crater, Germany

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over an area in southern Germany, where approximately 15 million…

Data with flippers? Studying the ocean from a seal’s POV

Scientist Lia Siegelman is using a surprising data source to study the ocean around Antarctica—one that…