Humans and sponges share gene regulation
Credit: Courtesy The University of Queensland Humans have a lot in common with the humble sea sponge, according to research that changes the way we...
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Environmental DNA helps protect great crested newts
Credit: By kind permission of Dr Brett Lewis Research by the University of Kent has revealed how tiny amounts of DNA (eDNA) released into water...
‘Cold’ Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
Credit: Based on data from VLT/ESO. Great Cold Spot comparable in scale to famous Great Red Spot (24,000 km west-east and 12,000 km north-south) The...
Researchers unravel the drivers of large iceberg movement
When, in the foreseeable future, a tabular iceberg nearly seven times the size of Berlin breaks off the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic,...
Microprocessors based on a layer of just 3 atoms
Credit: TU Wien, Marco Furchi Two-dimensional materials, or 2D materials for short, are extremely versatile, although - or often more precisely because - they are...
All in one against CO2
A "self-heating" boron catalyst that makes particularly efficient use of sunlight to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) serves as a light harvester, photothermal converter, hydrogen generator,...
Group works toward devising topological superconductor
Credit: Eun-Ah Kim, Cornell University The experimental realization of ultrathin graphene - which earned two scientists from Cambridge the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010...
Engage with the world’s brightest mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg
What distinguishes the HLF from standard scientific conferences is the unique informal atmosphere that inspires a blend of acute scientific discussions and social interactions among...
Seven projects to look at how Distributed Ledger Technology could transform the energy market, banking and health care
Seven new projects will explore the potentially transformative opportunities offered by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in fields such as energy, healthcare, banking and policy-making. The...
Global coral reef restoration effort launches in the Caribbean
Credit: Paul Selvaggio With the Global Coral Restoration Project, SECORE International, the California Academy of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy seal their commitment to help...
So you think you can secure your mobile phone with a fingerprint?
BROOKLYN, New York - No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and...
Drones collect measurements from a volcanic plume at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
(University of Bristol) A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds, together...
Glowing bacteria detect buried landmines
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) The need for safe and efficient technologies for detecting buried landmines and unexploded ordnance is a humanitarian issue of immense global...
Assessing the impact of climate risks on the financial system
In the wake of 2015 Climate Paris Agreements to limit global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, many governmental and private stakeholders have advocated for...
EU supports innovation and sustainable mineral exploration
Credit: HZDR/ Detlev Müller The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), which is part of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, will receive a grant of approximately...
