Drought is among the most damaging natural hazards in the world, often causing severe losses to…
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LED-based solar simulator for better terrestrial solar spectra and orientations
Scientists at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) of the Chinese Academy of…
Phase-change material enables active tuning of lattice Kerker effect
The phenomenon of completely eliminated backscattering in a hypothetical magnetic sphere is called the Kerker effect.…
Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
If you had to guess which part of the world has the highest levels of atmospheric…
The unfair 'double whammy' of minority ethnic children in care
Children in care who come from an ethnic minority background can experience a ‘double whammy’ of…
Toyota heading to moon with cruiser, robotic arms, dreams
Toyota is working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with…
Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection
Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to…
Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic 'net zero', warn researchers
There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about…
Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a new…
New species of 'incredibly rare' insect discovered
A British scientist has discovered a new species that belongs to a group of insects so…