Botanists and paleontologists, led by researchers from CU Boulder, have identified a fossil chili pepper that…
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New study finds shifting climate regions leading to hotter, drier conditions across Kenya
New research published in Regional Environmental Change has shown that as climate zones shift toward hotter…
Restoring Asia's roar: Researcher outlines plan to see tigers flourish again
Dr. Thomas Gray is a conservation biologist and Tiger Recovery Lead at the WWF Tigers Alive…
Novel durable copper-aluminum-zinc shape memory alloys for energy-efficient refrigeration
The elastocaloric effect is a phenomenon where a material displays a temperature change when it is…
Nitrous oxide: Why the environment isn't amused about laughing gas
A young man breathes deeply from a gas-filled bag. He begins to feel a pleasurable sensation…
Making better measurements of the composition of galaxies
A study using data from telescopes on Earth and in the sky resolves a problem plaguing…
Study finds new pathway for clearing misfolded proteins
Misfolded proteins are toxic to cells. They disrupt normal functions and cause some age-related human degenerative…
New discovery challenges our understanding of nervous systems and their evolution
A new article published in Science suggests fundamental differences of nerve net architecture that challenges our…
Punctuation in literature of major languages is intriguingly mathematical
A moment’s hesitation… Yes, a full stop here—but shouldn’t there be a comma there? Or would…
Using solar farms to generate fresh desert soil crust
In the arid regions of the American Southwest, an unseen world lies beneath our feet. Biocrusts,…