Amazon deforestation for January hits record

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil more than doubled in January compared with the previous…

Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record

The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record…

Mapping the future direction for bioprinting research

The way research in bioprinting will be taken forward has been laid out in a roadmap…

France goes soggy on using CRISPR technique for veggies

France’s highest administrative court decided Friday that plants produced using new gene editing techniques such as…

Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica

Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace…

Nano 2020: Scaling up nanotechnology in virtual reality

Sometimes the smallest of things lead to the biggest ideas. Case in point: Nano 2020, a…

No clear path for Golden Rice to reach consumers

Heralded as a genetically modified crop with the potential to save millions of lives, Golden Rice…

NASA analyzes tropical cyclone Damien's water vapor concentration

When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on Feb. 7, it gathered water…

New details on how a viral protein puts the brakes on virus replication

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado State University has used computational chemistry, biochemistry and virology…

Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule

Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule during its first test flight that ended up…