Battery research could triple range of electric vehicles
New research could lead to the development of batteries that triple the range of electric vehicles, report scientists.
Eclipse 2017: Science from the moon’s shadow
While people across North America took in the Aug. 21 eclipse, hundreds of citizen, student, and professional scientists were collecting scientific data, and their...
How much can 252-million-year-old ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot
During the late Permian, the equator was dry and desert-like, yet surprisingly a hotspot for biodiversity, new paleontological research shows. Similarly to modern rainforests,...
After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain, with the flow
A two-year study of property damaged by a 2011 forest fire found that charcoal behaved very differently from other forms of soil carbon as...
Bacteria development marks new era in cellular design
Scientists have built a miniature scaffold inside bacteria that can be used to bolster cellular productivity, with implications for the next generation of biofuel...
Cyanobacteria in lakes: Risks linked to loss of diversity
The composition of cyanobacterial communities in peri-alpine lakes has become increasingly similar over the past century. Climate warming and a period of eutrophication have...
A global north-to-south shift in wind power by end of century
Wind resources in the next century may decrease in many regions in the Northern Hemisphere -- and could sharply increase in several hotspot regions...
Tiny ice losses at Antarctica’s fringes can accelerate ice loss far away
It is known that the ice shelves surrounding the continent regulate the ice flow from the land into the ocean. Now scientists found that...
Presenting facts as ‘consensus’ bridges conservative-liberal divide over climate change
New evidence shows that 'social facts' highlighting expert consensus changes perceptions across US political spectrum -- particularly among highly educated conservatives. Facts that encourage...
African deforestation not as great as feared
The loss of forests in Africa in the past century is substantially less than previously estimated, an analysis of historical records and paleontology evidence...
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