Vulnerability and extinction risk of migratory species from different regions and ecosystems worldwide
Forty million miles of major roads crisscross the Earth's continents -- enough to circle the planet 1,600 times. For humans, these thoroughfares are a...
Why are whales so big?
Anyone who has witnessed majestic whales or lumbering elephant seals in person would be forgiven for associating ocean life with unlimited size in mammals,...
Blowin’ in the wind — A source of energy?
It may in the future be possible to harvest energy with the aid of leaves fluttering in the wind. Researchers at the Laboratory of...
Food waste: The biggest loss could be what you choose to put in your...
About a third of the food produced for human consumption is estimated to be lost or wasted globally. But the biggest waste, which is...
Breakthrough in battle against rice blast
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of the world's rice crop...
How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees
Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that fuel deadly clashes in humans can also tear apart chimpanzees, our closest...
Kepler solves mystery of fast and furious explosions
The universe is full of mysterious exploding phenomena that go boom in the dark. One particular type of ephemeral event, called a Fast-Evolving Luminous...
Spiders and scorpions have co-opted leg genes to build their heads
Arthropods are among the most successful animals on the planet. They inhabit the sea (horseshoe crabs), the sky (fruit flies), and the earth (scorpions)...
Team brings subatomic resolution to ‘computational microscope’
Scientists have built a "computational microscope" that can simulate the atomic and subatomic forces that drive molecular interactions. This tool will streamline efforts to...
Atomically thin light-emitting device opens the possibility for ‘invisible’ displays
UC Berkeley engineers have built a bright-light emitting device that is millimeters wide and fully transparent when turned off. The light emitting material in...
First proof a synthesized antibiotic is capable of treating superbugs
A "game changing" new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs has been successfully synthesised and used to treat an infection for the first...
