Fukushima's water release: what we know

Japan has announced plans to release wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean…

Two dead as Greece battles growing wildfire front

Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations…

Crying wolf to save livestock and their predator

Using a powerful torch, Aliki Buhayer-Mach momentarily drenches a nearby mountain top in light, straining to…

Did sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones

When a sabertooth tiger called out, what noise did it make—a mighty roar or a throaty…

Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase number of insect species in cities

By increasing the diversity of indigenous plants in urban areas, researchers from the University of Melbourne…

City living may make male song sparrows more doting 'super' fathers

]New behavioral traits are often the first response of animals to changing environmental conditions. As cities…

Physicists use a 350-year-old theorem to reveal new properties of light waves

Since the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens first debated the nature of light,…

New approach shows hydrogen can be combined with electricity to make pharmaceutical drugs

The world needs greener ways to make chemicals. In a new study, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers…

Recent advances in electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis

NH3 is the second largest chemical produced in the world and nearly 80% of produced NH3…

Research sheds new light on York's thriving medieval Jewish Community

Researchers have shed new light on York’s medieval Jewish population, unearthing new documents and evidence which…