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Laboratory News podcast – life on the back of a turtle with Dr Jeroen Ingels

August 5, 2020
"I didn't realise that it is basically impossible to stop a turtle physically... it just rolls you over"

Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite reveals new penguin colonies

August 5, 2020
A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring...

Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission launched

July 31, 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.

Affordable carbon-loving materials for reduced industrial emissions

July 28, 2020
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon...

The truth about turtles

July 19, 2020
A research team from Florida State University (FSU) has discovered a world of microscopic life on the back of loggerhead turtles which might explain the geographic spread of aquatic meiofauna....

Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...

Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.

Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators

July 9, 2020
A report in the journal Current Biology, offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in what is now South Carolina. The...

Scientists and policy experts raise COVID-19 and climate crises analogues

July 8, 2020
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action. Likewise, climate and environmental scientists...

COVID-19 Earth observation dashboard

June 25, 2020
In response to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have joined forces to use the collective scientific power of their...

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