Earlier and earlier high-Arctic spring replaced by 'extreme year-to-year variation'

About 15 years ago, researchers reported that the timing of spring in high-Arctic Greenland had advanced…

Family trees from the European Neolithic

The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy ‘les Noisats’ in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family trees…

New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was armored

Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of the…

Automated analysis of microplastic concentrations

How high are concentrations of microplastics in the environment, in our drinking water or in foods?…

One simple brain hack might boost learning and improve mental health

Shifting from a high-pressure mindset to a curious one improves people’s memory, finds new research. Study…

Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century

Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts…

AI can ask another AI for a second opinion on medical scans

Researchers have designed a new co-training AI algorithm for medical imaging that can effectively mimic the…

Lights could be the future of the internet and data transmission

Fast data transmissions could be delivered in homes and offices through light-emitting diodes (LED) bulbs, complementing…

Pioneering study signals new era of environmentally-friendly programmable bioelectronics

Researchers have created a unique microscopic toolkit of ‘green’ tuneable electrical components, paving the way for…

Glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees

What impacts do agrochemicals have on the ongoing global insect decline? Biologists have found out that…