New species extinction target proposed for global nature rescue plan

The upcoming future strategy for conserving biodiversity must include a prominent target to lower extinction rates,…

Observatories around the solar system team up to study sun's influence

At the heart of understanding our space environment is the knowledge that conditions throughout space—from the…

Current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons measured, with implications for graphene switches

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve…

How some countries are reviving coronavirus-affected tourism in Africa

In the Gambia, teams of young tourism guides in their first holiday season are doing something…

Interactions between human‐modified habitat change and climate change shape tropical butterfly biodiversity in Yunnan

Butterflies are considered bioindicators of environmental change. In a study published in Insect Science, researchers from…

Making coal from food waste, garden cuttings – and even human sewage

Food waste, garden cuttings, manure, and even human sewage can be turned into solid biocoal for…

Research sheds new light on intelligent life existing across the galaxy

Is there anyone out there? This is an age-old question that researchers have now shed new…

Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first

For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published…

Sugar coating locks and loads coronavirus for infection

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. But the human immune system does…

History of insightful HIV research inspires neutron scattering approach to studying COVID-19

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, researchers are searching for novel ways to stop it.…