Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The…
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Scientists work on creating molecular-sized microchip elements
Modern silicon-based integrated circuits (ICs) have reached the practical limits of miniaturisation, while the use of…
Changes in ice volume control seabed methane emissions
Ice sheet dynamics of the past likely caused fault movements in the Earth’s crust, resulting in…
Theory reveals the nature of silicon carbide crystals defects
Imperfections of crystal structure, especially edge dislocations of an elongated nature, deeply modify basic properties of…
Plant diversity and endemism in China: Unreachable locations and diverse microclimates
A new issue of the scholarly, open-access and peer-reviewed journal PhytoKeys focuses on the Chinese biodiversity…
Global study reveals most popular marketing metrics
Satisfaction is the most popular metric for marketing decisions around the world, according to a new…
Hints of a volcanically active exomoon
A rocky extrasolar moon (exomoon) with bubbling lava may orbit a planet 550 light-years away from…
Researchers reveal a common deficiency in genetic prediction methods
A study conducted by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the…
This protein is how creatures sense cold, researchers discover
Researchers have identified a receptor protein that can detect when winter is coming. Click…
Ancient teeth shed light on Miocene 'mouse' migration
A new species of prehistoric murine—the group of mammals that includes mice, rats, and their relatives—has…