Science
Scientific discoveries and research
New 3D microscope packs many imaging tools into one system
An international team of researchers led by UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a versatile light-sheet microscope that captures 3D views of biological...
World-first successful wild release of endangered broad-headed snake
The broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides), one of Australia's most endangered snakes, has been given a lifeline, with at least four of six captive-bred...
Tiny biodegradable particles poke openings in skin to boost topical drug delivery
Skin is remarkably good at keeping things out of the body. Typically, that's a positive. It becomes an issue when medicine needs to get in. Swallow a pill to tr...
Oh boy, all girls again: Research tracks sea turtle sex ratios
Forty young sea turtles recently reached an important milestone at Florida Atlantic University: They were finally big enough to leave the university's marine sc...
How foreign investment can strengthen African governments' control over land
African governments are using foreign investment, infrastructure projects and conservation schemes to extend their control over land and communities, according...
Microplastic pollution could be changing the color of the Pacific Ocean
Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation z...
The spring mountain butterfly has been spotted for the first time beneath power lines
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) for the first time has detected the presence of the spring mountain butterfly (Erebia epistygne), a species under th...
Mineral-forming method removes more than 99% of radioactive technetium from liquid waste
Technetium-99 is a long-lived radioactive byproduct of nuclear fuel production and reprocessing. In many environments, it forms a highly mobile chemical species...
Beyond green claims: Understanding how consumers evaluate sustainable products
Sustainability has become an increasingly visible feature of consumer-packaged goods (CPGs), from the ingredients used in household products to the materials an...
Release of largest dataset to date on wildlife in Europe
Every autumn for the last five years, hundreds of volunteers have set out remotely triggered cameras in mountains, forests, farms and beaches in more than 20 co...
From chaos to 'intelligent' soft matter—how tiny chemical differences guide droplets into ordered structures
Disorder can make sense, and understanding its logic can be genuinely useful. A study by a research group at the University of Trento shows how a minimal chemic...
Wacky magnetic fields of ice giants may stem from conductivity changes in their deep interiors
When NASA's Voyager 2 robotic probe flew by Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s, it uncovered an anomaly: their magnetic fields are highly disordered, unlike Earth'...