Once relegated to the dustbin of history, a Caribbean plant now has a name and a…
Colonization in slow motion
There is a wide variety of animals living on the Arctic seabed. Attached to rocks, they…
Report outlines growing climate change-related threats to Great Lakes region
A team of Midwestern climate scientists has released a new report with grim predictions about the…
Open source software helps researchers extract key insights from huge sensor datasets
Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland University…
Big fireball over Florianópolis, Brazil
A very bright fireball streaked through the sky above of Santa Catarina, Brazil at around 21:40…
Climate changes make some aspects of weather forecasting increasingly difficult
Ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a…
New publication examines consequences of groundwater depletion to agriculture
A new Council of Agricultural Science and Technology, or CAST, paper examines the causes and consequences…
Here’s what that house proud mouse was doing – plus five other animals who take cleaning seriously
A house proud mouse, considerately tidying up the workbench of the shed in which it lives,…
Novel technique to characterise chemical composition and structure of samples
Raman spectroscopy is an essential technique used in the study of materials – including nanostructures –…
Vapor drives a liquid–solid transition in a molecular system
The reversible switching of macrocyclic molecules between a liquid and a solid phase upon exposure to…