Wing genes responsible for tiny treehopper's extraordinary helmet: study

They sport some of the most impressive headgear in the insect world, yet they’re no bigger…

Tackling air pollution: researchers present emissions inventory for Nepal

Data on emission amounts and sources have an important role to play in shaping policy on…

NASA examines Tropical Cyclone Belna's water vapor concentration

When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean, water vapor data provided information about…

Climate change and the threat to global breadbaskets

Climate change is not just resulting in a steady increase in temperatures, but also in an…

Asian water towers are world's most important and most threatened

Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the…

How planets may form after dust sticks together

Scientists may have figured out how dust particles can stick together to form planets, according to…

Volcano F is the origin of 'floating stones'

Stones do not float in water—this is a truism. But there is hardly a rule without…

CRISPR-resistant viruses build 'safe rooms' to shield genomes from DNA-dicing enzymes

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are engaged in a molecular arms race as ancient…

How Enceladus got its stripes

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making…

Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics

Researchers in the Organic Photonics and Nano-optics goup at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have developed…