Wireless energy source generates electricity from simple motions such as waves, clapping hands
Researchers have developed a wireless energy source that generates electricity from simple mechanical motion, such as the waves in the ocean, the tap of...
An underestimated threat: Land-based pollution with microplastics
Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our...
A good life for all within the planet’s means
A new study has found that no country currently meets its citizens' basic needs at a globally sustainable level of resource use. The research...
North American ice sheet decay decreased climate variability in the Southern Hemisphere
The changing topography of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere during the last Ice Age forced changes in the climate of Antarctica, a previously...
Climate variability — past and future
On the basis of a unique global comparison of data from core samples extracted from the ocean floor and the polar ice sheets, researchers...
New approach could quickly identify best organic solar cell mixtures
An international team of researchers has discovered a new quantitative relation that allows for quick identification of promising material combinations for organic solar cells....
Changing weather patterns throwing ecosystems out of whack
Species' lifecycles are slowly growing out of alignment, which can affect the functioning of ecosystems, ultimately impacting human food supply and disease.
Substances used in household goods affect the immune system of a coastal mussel
In a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, researchers from National University of Singapore have determined how perfluoalkyl substances (PFAS) affect the immune...
New study sheds light on the the dark side of Hong Kong’s most lucrative...
Hong Kong is the global hub for the more than USD 1 billion Live Reef Food Fish Trade (LRFFT), much of it unreported and...
Exposure to chemical found in plastics ‘hard to avoid’ in everyday life
86 per cent of teenagers have traces of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used to make plastics, in their body, new research has...
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