Week in images: 30 August – 3 September 2021

Week in images: 30 August – 3 September 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

Gut and heart signals affect how we see ourselves

Research has discovered that the strength of the connection between our brain and internal organs is…

Insight into the plant immune system

Found in almost every plant species, disease-resistance proteins (R proteins) are an important part of the…

Deadlines may be effective in building support for climate change action

Human-caused climate change—including increased extreme weather and climate events—is here, according to the recently released United…

Nitrogen-efficient wheats provide more food with fewer greenhouse gas emissions

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that…

New digital tools to track illegal wildlife trade online

As governments around the world turned to lockdowns and travel restrictions to prevent the spread of…

#MeToo: Study finds sexual harassment in academic libraries more frequent than thought

Sexual harassment is far more frequent in academic libraries than previously assumed, according to a first-of-its-kind…

Unified theory explains how materials transform from solids to liquids

Years of meticulous experimentation have paid off for researchers aiming to unify the physics that defines…

Color-changing coatings triggered by temperature changes

The changing of color can influence our perception of objects, be used to warn us against…

Unraveling quantum interactions of 100,000 atoms in gases

Silvia Musolino defended her Ph.D. on new theoretical insights in quantum physics by studying gases at…