New approach to assess the health status of intermittent rivers
More than 50% of the world's river network is made of temporary or intermittent rivers: those which, during a certain time of the year,...
Honey bee life spans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago
A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was...
How photoelectrodes change in contact with water
Every green leaf is able to convert solar energy into chemical energy, storing it in chemical compounds. However, an important sub-process of photosynthesis can...
Climate change strikes: Lightning patterns change with global warming
New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe.
No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissions
Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels -- with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to...
Thirsty wheat needed new water management strategy in ancient China
Research shows that a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted in northern China about 4,000 years ago as part of an...
New technology creates carbon neutral chemicals out of thin air
It is possible to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the surrounding atmosphere and repurpose it into useful chemicals usually made from fossil fuels, according...
The world will probably warm beyond the 1. 5-degree limit, but peak warming can...
The world's current climate pledges are insufficient to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. We will overshoot. In new research, scientists chart several...
Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance
To design better rechargeable ion batteries, engineers and chemists have collaborated to combine a powerful new electron microscopy technique and data mining to visually...
Navigating urban spaces: Indoor and outdoor wayfinding technology for vision-impaired people
A new report explores how to leverage low-cost methods to enable people with blindness, deaf-blindness, visual impairment or low vision to more easily move...
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