Svalbard’s electric power could come from hydrogen

The energy supply to Longyearbyen, midway between continental Norway and the North Pole, is a hot…

Oxygen content increased when Earth was covered in ice

In the beginning, planet Earth was a very inhospitable place with no oxygen and only single-celled…

Novel LED street lights reduce costs

Researchers have developed a novel type of LED street light of increased efficiency. Compared to conventional…

Dinosaurs: Juvenile, adult or senior?

How old were the oldest dinosaurs? This question remains largely unanswered. The natural life span of…

Depressed patients with earlier and more severe symptoms have high genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders

Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based…

Malaria control efforts can benefit from forecasting using satellites

Links between patterns of malaria in Kenya and environmental factors (temperature, rainfall and land cover) are…

Automatically darkening windows in a wide range of colors

Electrochromic glass darkens automatically when the sun shines and keeps the heat out. Previously it was…

Algae survive heat, cold and cosmic radiation

In a long-term experiment on the International Space Station, researchers studied how the extreme conditions in…

It’s hard to affect policymakers with climate science information

Exposure to climate models’ predictions affects policymakers and climate negotiators less than the informed general public,…

Bohr’s quantum theory revised

Bohr’s atomic model was utterly revolutionary when it was presented in 1913 but, although it is…