Solar activity reconstructed over a millennium

An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has reconstructed solar activity back to the…

New classification for tropical plant group Phyllanthus

The tropical plant genus Phyllanthus has been the subject of debate in the taxonomic world for…

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be

Exploiting nostalgia is a well-worn emotive approach to enticing customers to purchase a product or service.…

New tool removes chemotherapy drugs from water systems

‘What goes in, must come out’ is a familiar refrain. It is especially pertinent to the…

A massive advance in spectrometry

Mass spectrometers (MS) have become essential tools in chemistry and biology laboratories. The ability to quickly…

Similarities in dance follower behavior across honey bee species suggest a conserved mechanism of dance communication

It is early in the morning. Ebi and his colleagues try not to twitch as they…

New biodegradable polyurethane foams are developed from wheat straw

Every year around 734 million tons of wheat straw are produced worldwide, a large amount of…

Direct quantification of topological protection in photonic edge states at telecom wavelengths

Topologically tailored photonic crystals (PhC) have opened up the possibility for attaining robust unidirectional transport of…

Online courses reinforce inequalities

With the global student community taking online courses as a result of the anti-Covid-19 measures, a…

Who's writing open access articles?

An Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) study has found greater rates of authorship of open access…