Graphene solar heating film offers new opportunity for efficient thermal energy harvesting
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Translational Atomaterials have developed a highly efficient solar absorbing film that absorbs sunlight with minimal heat...
What causes an ice age to end?
New University of Melbourne research has revealed that ice ages over the last million years ended when the tilt angle of the Earth's axis...
Puzzle about nitrogen solved thanks to cometary analogs
One of the basic building blocks of life is nitrogen. An international consortium was able to detect ammonium salt containing nitrogen on the cometary...
Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India
Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all...
New microscopy technique uncovers previously hidden information in micrographs of biological cells
A new imaging method combined with machine learning uncovers previously hidden information in micrographs of biological cells to reveal quantitative information of gene expression...
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, assuming current greenhouse gas emissions,...
Researchers create focus-free camera with new flat lens
Using a single lens that is about one-thousandth of an inch thick, researchers have created a camera that does not require focusing. The technology...
Metabolic fossils from the origin of life
Life converts food into cells via dense networks involving thousands of reactions. New research uncovers insights as to how such networks could have arisen...
Planet’s largest ecosystems collapse faster than previously forecast
New research has shown that large ecosystems such as rainforests and coral reefs can collapse at a significantly faster rate than previously understood. The...
To make ultra-black materials that won’t weigh things down, consider the butterfly
Set against a piece of black construction paper, the wings of the male cattleheart butterfly look even blacker than black.
"Some animals have taken black...
Solved: The mystery of the expansion of the universe
The Earth, solar system, the entire Milky Way and the few thousand galaxies closest to us move in a vast "bubble" that is 250...
