Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat, a…
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Liquid metals shake up century-old chemical engineering processes
Liquid metals could be the long-awaited solution to “greening” the chemical industry, according to researchers who…
Zooplankton in ocean and freshwater are rapidly escalating the global environmental threat of plastics, finds study
A collaborative research team lead by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently revealed that rotifers,…
Lightning identified as the leading cause of wildfires in boreal forests, threatening carbon storage
Lightning is the dominant cause of wildfire ignition in boreal forests—areas of global importance for carbon…
Subglacial water could extend the classical habitable zone of exoplanets, says study
Professor Amri Wandel, from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has unveiled research that promises to redefine our…
Ancient Egyptian burial reveals ovarian teeth in oldest example of teratoma
A case study led by Southern Illinois University, Illinois, has described the earliest discovery of an…
Wikipedia pays more attention to events in richer countries, say data scientists
A trio of data scientists, two with Graz University, in Germany, the other with the University…
Experiment suggests taking a short break from social media results in mixed bag of feelings
A pair of psychologists at Durham University, in the U.K., has found that when heavy social…
Atom-by-atom solvation recorded for the first time
A team of chemists and physicists at Aarhus University, in Denmark, working with a colleague from…
'Miniature' mountain creature with 'squeaker'-like call discovered as new species
A “squeaker”-like sound pierced the air of a mountain forest in Rwanda. The call came from…