All Earth & Environmental Sciences

Scientists identify the most extreme heatwaves ever recorded globally
Added: 4 May 2022
A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of …

Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing
Added: 4 May 2022
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing. La…

Sustainable concept for wood-based textile fibres
Added: 14 Apr 2022
The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Si…

New 'levelling up' roadmap: review sets out three ways business can reduce health inequalities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
A major review of health inequities published on 4 April 2022, lays a roadmap for the role of indus…

Scientists develop environmentally safe, frost-resistant coatings
Added: 1 Apr 2022
As the urgency to eradicate environmental pollution increases, many biomaterials are being develope…

Digital twins to link Metaverse to real-world decarbonisation towards NetZero
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the …

Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals
Added: 7 Mar 2022
Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into …

Technological research and development in agritech
Added: 4 Mar 2022
It is increasingly important for agricultural research to raise awareness of conditions leading to …

The technologies keeping 1.5 degrees in reach
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Following COP26, the pressure is on to reach the 1.5 degree warming target limit set out in the Par…

Fossil research uncovers a new species of giant Triassic crocodile
Added: 23 Feb 2022
An examination of the fossil record by Birmingham researchers has uncovered a new species of giant …

Replacing unsustainable materials in nanostructure surfaces
Added: 7 Feb 2022
New research results from Linnaeus University opens for a future with more sustainably produced nan…

Prize winning studies of life's earliest history
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Andrew Knoll has depicted the first three billion years of life on Earth using his studies of micro…

Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…

Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things
Added: 11 Jan 2022
Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffr…

Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…

Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries
Added: 23 Dec 2021
The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help eve…

The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing
Added: 22 Dec 2021
Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wast…

Low-cost, ultra-sensitive gravimeter for early detection of volcanic activity uses MEMS technology
Added: 10 Dec 2021
A new device being developed by University of Glasgow in collaboration with a leading product desig…

2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…

Forensic technology used to deliver justice in 38-year-old murder case
Added: 9 Dec 2021
A unique fingerprint visualisation system has been making news in the US this week after being used…