Global warming intensifies precipitation extremes in China

Changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events have impacted human safety…

Do as the Romans: Power plant concrete strengthens with time

A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers to survive for more than 2,000…

Researchers tailor rapid and effective N-phosphopeptides enrichment strategy

Protein N-phosphorylation plays a critical role in central metabolism and two/multicomponent signaling of prokaryotes. Furthermore, it…

Researchers obtain new results on dielectronic recombination precision spectroscopy

Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and…

Warming and acidification form dual threat to corals

A quarter of the carbon emissions that are warming the Earth dissolve into oceans, making them…

NASA extends exploration for two planetary science missions

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, the agency’s…

Image: Hubble views a dazzling 'fireworks galaxy'

The galaxy NGC 6946 is nothing short of spectacular. In the last century alone, NGC 6946…

First human culture lasted 20,000 years longer than thought

Fieldwork led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri, head of the Pan-African Evolution Research Group at the Max…

Uncovering basic mechanisms of intestinal stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

The gut plays a central role in the regulation of the body’s metabolism and its dysfunction…

Space weather could be worse in the north

The constant flow of material – the solar wind – intensifies after a solar flare or…