Unexpected benefits from food competitors

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has found that gravid tobacco…

Catalyst surface analysed at atomic resolution

Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical…

How the Earth's tilt creates short, cold January days

Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas, January is when it…

Are prairie mixes the only option for crop field borders?

Planting beneficial plants next to gardens and crop fields large and small has been a standard…

Medieval warhorses were surprisingly small in stature

Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no…

Breakthrough metals research has implications for the metal casting industry

Florida Tech professor emeritus Martin Glicksman’s latest metals/materials science research has implications for the metal casting…

Lessons learned from the Ice Age: Mountain lakes react to climate change in their ecology

Lakes in alpine locations react sensitively to climate change. Researchers led by the Leibniz Institute of…

Nudges: Four reasons to doubt popular technique to shape people's behavior

Throughout the pandemic, many governments have had to rely on people doing the right thing to…

Air France-KLM adds biofuel surcharge to plane tickets

Air France-KLM said Monday it would add a surcharge of up to 12 euros ($13,50) on…

Hurricane Ida, Europe floods made 2021 costly for disasters

Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that…