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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things
Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffraction, is gaining increasing attention. Dr Eric Hovestreydt discusses why nanocrystallography using…
Comment And Analysis
Scents-ibly sustainable
Rather than plundering scarce natural resources, Glasgow University scientists Hua Wang and Sofia Sandalli are looking to the lab for a more ethical approach to perfume production.
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In agro: field labs and farmer-led research
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers to enable field trials (pun intended). A decade’s worth of on-farm trial results demonstrate farmer-…
Focal Point
Water droplet
This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silicon substrate at -36°C...
