More reasons to eat your broccoli
Love it or hate it, broccoli is touted as a superfood, offering an array of health benefits. And it's about to get even more...
Australia 20 years after gun reform: No mass shootings, declining firearm deaths
Since gun law reform and the Firearms Buyback program 20 years ago, Australia has seen an accelerating decline in intentional firearm deaths and an...
Significant humus loss in forests of the Bavarian Alps
Alpine forests will be at great risk should weather phenomena such as droughts and torrential rain become more frequent. As a study by the...
How water droplets freeze: The physics of ice and snow
Freezing water is a central issue for climate, geology and life. On earth, ice and snow cover 10 percent of the land and up...
Sierra Nevada snowpack not likely to recover from drought until 2019
The image on the left shows the 31-year average snow water equivalent in the Sierra Nevada mountains compared with the snow water equivalent in...
Ultra-thin slices of diamonds reveal geological processes
Diamonds in a new study reveal geological processes. Credit: R. Wirth, GFZ
Diamonds are not only beautiful and valuable gems, they also contain information of...
Cosmopolitan snow algae accelerate melting of Arctic glaciers
Red pigmented snow algae darken the surface of snow and ice in the Arctic. Credit: Liane G. Benning/GFZ
The role of red pigmented snow algae...
Landmark study gives clearest picture of genetic causes of bowel cancer
A landmark study has given the most detailed picture yet of the genetics of bowel cancer - the UK's fourth most common cancer.
The study...
Research shows how visual perception slows with age
The image on the left depicts a familiar object -- an apple --- while the one on the right shows a novel object that...
Measuring Planck’s constant, NIST’s watt balance brings world closer to new kilogram
The NIST-4 watt balance has measured Planck's constant to within 34 parts per billion, demonstrating that the high-tech scale is accurate enough to assist...
Caribbean Sea acts like a whistle and can be ‘heard’ from space
A study of the Caribbean Sea by University of Liverpool ocean scientists has revealed that, in the midst of all the noise of the...
