July 6, 2023 Researchers describe a 500 million-year-old tunicate fossil species. The study suggests that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian ...
July 5, 2023 Understanding when and where ships are entering areas of Arctic sea ice can help elucidate the potential impacts of vessel traffic in the ...
July 5, 2023 Astrophysicists have revealed how the slow and steady lengthening of Earth's day caused by the tidal pull of the moon was halted for over a billion years. They show that from approximately two ...
July 5, 2023 Researchers have optimized a new technique to help forecast how volcanoes will behave, which could save lives and property around the ...
July 5, 2023 New research could signal a step change in the quest to design the new materials that are needed to meet the challenge of net zero and a sustainable future. Researchers have shown that a mathematical ...
July 5, 2023 Researchers have found that one method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is available, affordable, and capable of being implemented right now. Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ...
July 5, 2023 Every year, consumers in the United States produce millions of tons of plastic waste, and most of it winds up in landfills. New research from chemists takes a first step toward making all that trash ...
July 5, 2023 Fish consumption has long been associated with numerous health benefits. However, it is also the main dietary source of toxic mercury in humans. A year-round study from a boreal lake shows that ...
July 4, 2023 Changes in water conditions interact to affect how Trinidadian guppies protect themselves from predators, scientists have ...
July 4, 2023 Analysis of global tracking data for 77 species of petrel has revealed that a quarter of all plastics potentially encountered in their search for food are in remote international waters -- requiring ...
July 4, 2023 A research group has used nanosheet technology to develop a dielectric capacitor for advanced electronic and electrical power systems. Innovations in energy storage technology are vital for the ...
July 4, 2023 Sulphuric acid is the world's most used chemical. It is an important reagent used in many industries and it is used in the manufacture of everything from paper, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to ...
July 3, 2023 Researchers found that the effects of climate change on the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events, like wildfires, could lead to massive increases in all ...
July 3, 2023 A new study of North American songbirds finds that birds can't keep up with the earlier arrival of spring caused by climate change. As a result, they're raising fewer young. By the end of ...
July 3, 2023 An El Niño event has officially begun. The climate phenomenon, which originates in the tropical Pacific and occurs in intervals of a few years will shape weather across the planet for the next year ...
July 3, 2023 Researchers have identified a strategy that can offset the random and unpredictable nature of weather conditions that threaten carbon emission reduction efforts in the shipping ...
July 3, 2023 An international team of researchers developed an innovative new strategy for choosing a set of key coral species that will best maintain ecosystem functions critical for reef health. Their hedging ...
July 3, 2023 Researchers have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable ...
July 3, 2023 An international research team has discovered that a subduction zone's age affects the ability for it to recycle water between the Earth's surface and its inner layers. The more mature the ...
July 3, 2023 Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research ...