Current coral bleaching in Fiji. Credit: Professor Peter J Mumby, University of Queensland Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research. Coral reefs are considered one of the most vulnerable...
Molecular model (stock image). Credit: © alice_photo / Fotolia Protein assemblies, designed and built from scratch to carry molecular cargo, are advancing both synthetic life research and engineering efforts for targeted drug delivery. Scientists have succeeded in developing the...
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,...
Researchers team has developed inks made of graphene-like materials for inkjet printing. New black phosphorous inks are compatible with conventional inkjet printing techniques for optoelectronics and photonics. Credit: University of Cambridge An international research team has developed inks made of graphene-like...
Nitrogen international trade routes and intensity. Credit: Source: University of Sydney The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world's nitrogen emissions. The...
This image shows a false-colored electron microscope image of the University of Minnesota device. The blue area marks the topological insulator on top of the optical waveguide in red. Credit: University of Minnesota Light can generate an electrical current in semiconductor...
After an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus persists in the body throughout a person's lifetime. Credit: © Henri-Jacques Delecluse/DKFZ After an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus persists in the body throughout a person's lifetime, usually...
Helobdella robusta, a tiny freshwater leech that attacks and kills snails. Credit: Photo by Ajna S. Rievra/UC Berkeley Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured the hearts of two University of California, Berkeley, scientists who are part of a team...
The metal-organic framework is set up like a sandwich (a). The molecular textile layer is woven in an active layer that is embedded between so-called sacrificial layers (b). Credit: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have made major progress...
Cave city in volcanic rocks of uplifted Central Anatolian plateau. Credit: Russell Pysklywec When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study...
Cosmic rays interacting with the Earth's atmosphere producing ions that helps turn small aerosols into cloud condensation nuclei -- seeds on which liquid water droplets form to make clouds. A proton with energy of 100 GeV interact at the...