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Wetlands and agriculture, not fossil fuels could be causing a global rise in methane.Credit: Flickr/jalan68 Research published in the American Geophysical Union's journal Global Biogeochemical...

The researchers speculated that proteins might survive better if they were stuck onto solid surfaces, and so they tested the theory with the support...

Fish with consistent personalities are more successful in social groups and better at helping to build tighter shoals. Oscar Wilde may have considered consistency "the...

University of Vermont doctoral student Morgan Cousins holds up a sample of a solution of strange rotor molecules made from boron-based dye. Led by...

Arboviruses – viruses transmitted by insects such as mosquitoes – pose a considerable threat to both human and animal health. Despite that, not enough...

Credit: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Whether for use in safe data encryption, ultrafast calculation of huge data volumes or so-called quantum simulation of highly complex...

Dr Geoff Campbell and Mr Jesse Everett. Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have brought quantum computing a step closer...

UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna, molecular biologist Robert Tijan and a team of researchers have expanded the role of the newly discovered CRISPR protein...

Magnetic cilia and tentacles: with tiny silicone strips, which are equipped with magnetic particles, robots can be moved by an external magnetic field in...

Male amphipod. Credit: University of Adelaide A common marine crustacean has shown researchers that it’s all set to beat climate change – the males will...

An artist’s depiction of an ice-covered planet in a distant solar system resembles what the early Earth might have looked like if a mysterious...