Increase in plastics waste reaching remote South Atlantic islands

The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10…

Immunotherapy effective against hereditary melanoma

Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type of…

Potential assay artefacts in anti-malarial screening documented

Researchers have documented the permissible limits of a number of chemicals that are often part of…

A step towards biological warfare with insects?

A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused…

The cosmological lithium problem

An international research group has tried to find a solution to one of the unknowns in…

Fingerprint drug screen test works on the living and deceased

A revolutionary drug test can detect amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine and opiates from the sweat of single…

Controlling chemical reactions near absolute zero

Chemists have demonstrated complete experimental control over a chemical reaction just above absolute zero.

Scorpion census: Researchers update global record of medically significant scorpions

Researchers have documented 104 scorpions spanning dozens of countries, providing a vital update to the global…

New knowledge about retrovirus-host coevolution

Retroviruses have colonized vertebrate hosts for millions of years by inserting their genes into host genomes,…

For wineries, competition boosts profits from sustainability

An international study of small- to medium-sized wineries and vineyards finds that the more sustainability practices…