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By 2025, carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere will be higher than at any...
By 2025, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels will very likely be higher than they were during the warmest period of the last 3.3 million...
Scientists discover extraordinary regeneration of neurons
Biologists from the University of Bayreuth have discovered a uniquely rapid form of regeneration in injured neurons and their function in the central nervous...
Rock-breathing bacteria are electron spin doctors, study shows
Electrons spin. It's a fundamental part of their existence. Some spin "up" while others spin "down." Scientists have known this for about a century,...
Detection of electrical signaling between tomato plants raises interesting questions
The soil beneath our feet is alive with electrical signals being sent from one plant to another, according to research in which a University...
Magnetic memory states go exponential
In a new study, a group of researchers led by Prof. Lior Klein, from the physics department and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced...
Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algae
Global warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States because of an increase in algae blooms "without historical precedent", researchers...
Graphene: It is all about the toppings
Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical, and optical properties have made graphene one of the most studied...
New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation
Packing for outer space? Here's one thing you won't want to forget.
Northwestern University researchers have synthesized a new form of melanin enriched with selenium. Called...
Purifying water with the help of wood, bacteria and the sun
According to the United Nations, about one-fifth of the world's population lives in areas where water is scarce. Therefore, technologies to produce clean water...
Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics
Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and...
Plate tectonics research rewrites history of Earth’s continents
Curtin University-led research has found new evidence to suggest that the Earth's first continents were not formed by subduction in a modern-like plate tectonics...
