Call for cooperation as 'blue boats' rob Pacific reefs

A flotilla of Vietnamese fishing boats with crews suffering in harsh conditions is stripping Pacific coral…

Albedo matters for the climate, and forestry can have an impact on it

A research project conducted by Aalto University found that favoring broadleaved species in boreal forestry is…

Study finds direct links between old carbon, graphite and seafloor hydrothermal vents

For years, researchers looking at seafloor sediments would find bits of black carbon along with organic…

It takes an ecosystem to raise a successful start-up

The geography of entrepreneurship is “spiky”, meaning that from region to region there are significant variations…

NASA launching RiTS 'robot hotel' to International Space Station

Sometimes robots need a place to stay in space, too. NASA is attaching a “robot hotel”…

Thermal enclosure for Orion

Image: The Orion spacecraft with European Service Module at NASA’s Plum Brook Station. The first Orion…

The year the world woke up to the climate emergency

Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centres to a standstill: armed with dire warnings…

New high-performance triboelectric materials fabricated from by-products of petroleum refining process

Triboelectric generation is an energy harvesting technique that generates electricity through induction of triboelectric effects using…

Research finds short-term radon test kits are not effective in measuring radon gas exposure

As awareness increases about the health danger of radon gas, more people are making the decision…

Typhoon Kammuri death toll rises to four in Philippines

At least four people are known to have died after a powerful typhoon ripped through the…