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Small plankton bad for carbon sequestration
Added: 2 Apr 2020
A study of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic suggest their cells are smaller than expected – m…
What a tip…
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A life-long fascination, a haven for rare species and a multi-legged monster new to science… Liam O…
Getting into the lab, via the stomach
Added: 26 Jan 2020
Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they…
More for less
Added: 17 Jan 2020
From monitoring cow burps to novel herbicides, cutting-edge agricultural science not only aims to f…
Ancient global warming puzzle solved
Added: 14 Jan 2020
Scientists from Cardiff University have shed new light on the Earth’s climate behaviour during the …
Game Theory: Phylo
Added: 20 Dec 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us…
Festive footprint
Added: 19 Dec 2019
More than 11,000 scientists have warned of a “catastrophic hothouse Earth” that could result from c…
E.coli engineered to consume CO2
Added: 28 Nov 2019
Synthetic biologists have engineered an autotrophic form of bacteria.
Ethiopian ponds too extreme even for microbes
Added: 25 Nov 2019
European biologists have confirmed the one place on Earth where conditions are too extreme for life…
Ultra-fine particles linked to brain cancer
Added: 14 Nov 2019
Air pollution nanoparticles have been linked to brain cancer for the first time.
Win: Every Breath You Take
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Air quality specialist Dr Mark Broomfield combines the latest research with personal insight to ans…
Wellcome leads genome-mapping project
Added: 8 Nov 2019
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is among 10 organisations that are part of a project to map genomes o…
11,000 scientists declare climate emergency
Added: 6 Nov 2019
More than 11,000 scientist signatories support new a paper warning of “untold human suffering” that…
Time to reconcile science and philosophy
Added: 4 Nov 2019
Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…
UK government withdraws fracking support
Added: 4 Nov 2019
The government has withdrawn its support of fracking in England until further scientific evidence i…
Pushing the lithium-ion limit
Added: 29 Oct 2019
As the global demand for consumer electronics, electric cars and renewable energy rise, the need fo…
A bad acid trip
Added: 21 Oct 2019
Ocean acidifcation, the lesser known relative of global warming, causes particular damage to coral …
Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
Deep Carbon Observatory quantifies carbon emissions
Added: 8 Oct 2019
Humanity’s annual carbon emissions are between 40 to 100 times greater than all volcanic emissions,…
AMR threat found in urban beaches
Added: 2 Oct 2019
An Australian study has found elevated levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ABR) in public beac…
