AWARE instruments at the WAIS Divide field camp in central West Antarctica in December 2015 under a spectacular optical display ("sun dog") due to atmospheric ice crystals.
Credit: Colin Jenkinson, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
An area of West Antarctica more than...
MIT scientists have determined the structure of an enzyme that is found in ocean microbes and can produce a precursor to methane.
Credit: David Born
Industrial and agricultural activities produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global...
The key to the willow warblers' differing migration patterns probably lies in their genes.
Credit: Max Lundberg
The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where it will migrate when winter comes. Studies of willow warblers in Sweden, Finland and the...
Antimatter research laboratory.
Credit: Professor Niels Madsern
Swansea University scientists working at CERN have again made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering the question of why matter exists and illuminating the mysteries of the Big Bang and...
These are cardiomyocytes, green, proliferating in a mouse heart after gel injection.
Credit: University of Pennsylvania
In mammals, including humans, the cells that contract the heart muscle and enable it to beat do not regenerate after injury. After a heart attack,...
The white calcite 'veins' of the Loma Blanca fault are evident in this slab of rock on the fault. These veins of calcite reveal a record of fluid-driven earthquakes clustered together on a fault typically characterized by less frequent,...
University of Calgary Professor Jason Anderson, right, and doctoral student Jason Pardo published a paper in Nature about new insights into the ancient Scottish fossil called Lethiscus stocki.
Credit: Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary
"It's like a snake on...
Aberration-corrected HAADF/STEM images of as-synthesized Rh-ZSM-5. Single rhodium cations are circled in white with proposed ball-stick model of the structure.
Credit: Lawrence F. Allard, co-author and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The direct oxidation of methane -- found in natural...
This is an image of hippo teeth products for sale in an ivory shop in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Credit: Alexandra Andersson
Global wildlife trade is pushing many species to the brink of extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
Flooded street.
Credit: © kasto / Fotolia
A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the most extreme rain events in most regions of the world will increase in intensity by...
Will virtual reality rob future students of the awe and wonder naturalists experience when exploring nature?
Virtual reality has nothing on nature. Just ask the UC Santa Barbara students who one recent day trekked to a forest before dawn to...
