Corrupt officials are forging documents to allow the wood to leave the country, environmentalists say. …
Call for CubeSats
University teams are invited to submit their CubeSat proposal for the latest edition of our Fly…
We can't expand airports after declaring a climate emergency – let's shift to low-carbon transport instead
The world may finally be waking to the reality of the climate and ecological crisis after…
New strategies for optimizing the specificity of gene editing nucleases
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc., a genomic medicine company, announced today the publication in Nature Biotechnology of a…
'Unprecedented' discovery of unique infrared light signature on Neptune's moon Triton
Triton orbits Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun, some 2.7 billion miles from Earth—at the…
New study reveals how TB bacteria may survive in human tissues
Carbon monoxide is an infamous and silent killer that can cause death in minutes. But while…
Ultra-thin layers of rust generate electricity from flowing water
There are many ways to generate electricity—batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, and hydroelectric dams, to name…
Scientists use isotopes to reveal how aquifer refilled 400,000 years ago
The Negev desert, which covers half of Israel’s land mass, is so dry that parts of…
Speaking from space
Watch the replay of Luca speaking with media in Italy from the International Space Station. …
Environmental ingenuity: These creative business ideas aim to be both sustainable and successful
Picture this: Out in the open ocean, rows of farmed kelp spanning an area about the…