2010s hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again

This decade is set to be the hottest in history, the United Nations said Tuesday in…

Finnish rivers transport carbon to the Baltic Sea at an increasing rate

The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in…

Love, lies and money: Study introduces, defines and measures financial infidelity

Romantic relationships are built on trust—yet when it comes to money, even faithful partners are not…

Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution

Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the…

Diamonds in your devices: Powering the next generation of energy storage

Our use of battery-operated devices and appliances has been increasing steadily, bringing with it the need…

Two chiral catalysts working hand in hand

Just as our left hand is not superposable to our right hand, the mirror image of…

How the strep bacterium hides from the immune system

A bacterial pathogen that causes strep throat and other illnesses cloaks itself in fragments of red…

An alloy that retains its memory at high temperatures

Using computer simulation, Alberto Ferrari calculated a design proposal for a shape memory alloy that retains…

Social influencers: What can we learn from animals?

Research from Oxford University calls us to reconsider how behaviours may spread through societies of wild…

Science around the planet uses images of Earth from the space station

Artificial lighting at night affects the behavior of urban wildlife, according to a recent study published…