Ants restore Mediterranean dry grasslands

In nature, certain species are able to regulate the cycling of soil nutrients and vegetation diversity…

Eurasian ice sheet collapse raised seas eight metres: study

The melting of the Eurasian ice sheet around 14,000 years ago lifted global sea levels by…

Scientists solve air quality puzzle: Why does ozone linger long after its ban?

When high in the atmosphere, ozone protects Earth from harmful solar radiation—but ozone at ground level…

Cable bacteria can drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation

A Danish-German research collaboration may have found a solution to the large climate impact from the…

Video: How effective are cloth masks against coronavirus?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that the general public wear cloth face masks…

What did scientists learn from Deepwater Horizon?

Ten years ago, a powerful explosion destroyed an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing…

Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages

Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy…

Catalyst enables reactions with the help of green light

For the first time, chemists at the University of Bonn and Lehigh University in the U.S.…

Team develops rapid SARS-CoV-2 test based on new plasmonic-fluor biolabeling technology

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have received federal…

Electrical manipulation of magnetic particle allows for large high-speed memory

Researchers have successfully demonstrated a method to switch a novel material between two different nonvolatile states…