Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thought
A new study combining records of climate change during the last 3.5 million years with fossil evidence of mammals in Africa reveals that times...
New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget
A new spin on one of the 20th century's smallest but grandest inventions, the transistor, could help feed the world's ever-growing appetite for digital...
Light, oxygen turn waste plastics into useful benzoic acid
Chemists have discovered a way to use light and oxygen to upcycle polystyrene -- a type of plastic found in many common items --...
Study links fracking, drinking water pollution, and infant heath
New research documents the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known as fracking, and its negative impact of infant...
Light-powered microbes are super-producing chemical factories
Researchers have found that engineering the light-dependent proton pump rhodopsin into Escherichia coli redirects carbon flow from cellular metabolism to biosynthetic product generation. This...
Converting solar energy to electricity on demand
A new energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years and release it when and...
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization
New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus...
Melting ice caps may not shut down ocean current
Most simulations of our climate's future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of abrupt changes in ocean circulation, according...
Producing ammonia through electrochemical processes could reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Ammonia is commonly used in fertilizer because it has the highest nitrogen content of commercial fertilizers, making it essential for crop production. However, two...
Dynamic rivers contributed to Amazon’s rich bird diversity
One of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology is, how did the Amazon become so rich in species? A new study focused on...
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