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Researchers uncover a world of life on the back of a turtle
Added: 4 Jun 2020
Much to the delight of all Hindu’s and fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, researchers have…
Oil-hungry smart sponge could restore our oceans
Added: 2 Jun 2020
A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soak…
Plastic-eating superworms host biodegrading gut bacteria
Added: 29 May 2020
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in …
Will our climate bounce back as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown?
Added: 20 May 2020
Stanford research study envisions energy and environment landscape after COVID-19, pinpointing redu…
Ice-free Arctic seas by 2050
Added: 24 Apr 2020
Arctic sea-ice simulations suggest ice-free summers before 2050 despite rapidly reduced carbon emis…
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…
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…
Simple, beautiful, classic: MIT creates blackest black material
Added: 16 Sep 2019
Engineers have claimed a new record for the blackest material ever created.
eDNA project launches first sampling event
Added: 12 Sep 2019
An international environmental DNA project that uses citizen science to monitor waterways has start…
Scalable membrane could filter greenhouse gases
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A new membrane filtration could be used to separate greenhouse gases from waste emissions on an ind…
$5.8M for renewable photocatalytic converter
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Houston-based plasmonics company Syzygy has raised $5.8 million to develop its eco-friendly photoca…
Drought-resistant cereal gene isolated
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Plant scientists have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley that could lea…
Oldest parasitic DNA found in coprolite
Added: 28 Aug 2019
The oldest parasite DNA ever recorded has been discovered in fossilised puma faeces.
BES plans ‘double blind’ peer review trial
Added: 23 Aug 2019
The British Ecological Society has announced it will be conducting a randomised trial to determine …
Ozone smog will get worse with climate change
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Rising temperatures due to climate change will increase concentrations of ozone in the air to dange…
Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens
Added: 24 Jul 2019
DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…
Joshua tree faces extinction
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Climate change could be responsible for the near extinction of Joshua trees by the end of this cent…
Pea gin reduces CO2 emissions
Added: 12 Jul 2019
Alcohol fermented from the starch of peas instead of wheat could offer a greener form of gin produc…
Satellites confirm largest macroalgae bloom
Added: 11 Jul 2019
Satellite observations have confirmed the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, which has mostl…
