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Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites
Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light or natural moonlight. Scientists aren’t…
A model proposed for predicting photodamage and development of plant protection mechanisms
Light is the main source of energy for photosynthesis, it underlies the production process in plants.…
Waves and tides have bigger impact on marine life than human activity
The biggest impacts on the sea life in Swansea Bay, Wales, come from waves and tides…
First bufferless 1.5 μm III-V lasers grown directly on silicon wafers in Si-photonics
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have reported the world’s first…
Honeybee dance dialects
After more than 70 years, a great mystery of zoology has been solved: Honeybees actually use…
DNA sugars characterised in unprecedented resolution, atom by atom
A piece of research work conducted by the Spectroscopy Group of the UPV/EHU’s Department of Physical…
Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light
Researchers in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and…
Rare Isaac Newton manuscript discovered in Corsican library
A first-edition copy of Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking book laying out his three laws of motion, which…
Tropical forests' carbon sink is already rapidly weakening
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according…