1 billion people threatened by climate change risks to oceans, polar and mountain regions, UN report warns

No part of the world will be spared from the impacts of climate change as oceans…

Kids in poor, urban schools learn just as much as others

Schools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more…

Secure printing with water-based invisible ink

Researchers in China have developed a rewriteable paper coating that can encrypt secret information with relatively…

Whole genome sequencing benefits for surveillance of bacteria behind gastroenteritis

A new study into one of the UK’s leading causes of gastroenteritis has shown how whole…

Laser light compels iron compound to conduct power without resistance

For the first time researchers successfully used laser pulses to excite an iron-based compound into a…

Bottom-up synthesis of crystalline 2-D polymers

Scientists at the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) at TU Dresden have succeeded in synthesizing…

Potentially large economic impacts of climate change can be avoided by human actions

People are less motivated to take action if an outcome is uncertain, and this could be…

Aerosols from coniferous forests no longer cool the climate as much

Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in…

A non-precious metal catalytic system for high efficiency hydrogenation of nitroarenes

A research group led by Prof. LIU Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP)…

Girt by sea, Australia faces serious climate challenge

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a grim picture of the…