Towards reducing biodiversity loss in fragmented habitats
By combining lab experiments and mathematical modelling, researchers have found a way to predict the movement of species that could guide conservation efforts to...
Sea otters killed by unusual parasite strain
An unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis killed four sea otters and could pose a threat to other marine wildlife and humans, finds a new...
New water treatment zaps ‘forever chemicals’ for good
Engineers have developed a new water treatment that removes 'forever chemicals' from drinking water safely, efficiently -- and for good.
Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy
Researchers have 'hacked' the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways...
Sea ice will soon disappear from the Arctic during the summer months — and...
In a new study, an international team of researchers warn that the Arctic Sea ice may soon be a thing of the past in...
Mercury emission estimates rarely provide enough data to assess success in eliminating harmful global...
A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold-mining countries to regularly report the amount of toxic mercury that miners are using to find...
New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques
Physicists have built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques. This microchip could measure distances in materials at high...
Next epidemic could be spotted early in wastewater
Researchers behind the UK's first pilot public health surveillance system based on analysis of wastewater say that routine monitoring at sewage treatment works could...
New invention: The oxygen-ion battery
An oxygen-ion-battery has been invented, based on ceramic materials. If it degrades, it can be regenerated, therefore it potentially has an extremely long lifespan....
Observing group-living animals with drones and computer vision
New method to study the movement, behaviour, and environmental context of group-living animals using drones and computer vision.
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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