Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents
An international collaboration has led scientists to new insights into the storage and dynamic transfer of carbon below thick and very old continental crust.
New research leads to lighter and greener bridges
A recently completed research project revealed the potential for reducing material used for a suspension bridge deck by more than 25 per cent --...
Solar hydrogen production: Splitting water with UV is now at almost 100% quantum efficiency
Scientists have successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen using light and meticulously designed catalysts, and they did so at the maximum efficiency meaning...
A new strategy for the optimal electroreduction of Co2 to high-value products
Researchers suggest that modulation of local CO2 concentration improves the selectivity, conversion rate, and electrode stability, and shed a new light on the electrochemical...
‘Major gaps’ in understanding how land-use changes affect spread of diseases
The quest to discover how new diseases -- such as Covid-19 -- emerge and spread in response to global land-use change driven by human...
Rivers help lock carbon from fires into oceans for thousands of years
The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans - where it can be stored for tens of millennia - is revealed in...
Bacteria fed by algae biochemicals can harm coral health
A new study found that the outcome of the competition between coral and turf algae is determined by the assemblage of microbes at the...
Living near oil and gas wells tied to low birth weights in infants
In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers found that pregnant rural California residents living within 0.62 miles (1 kilometer) of high-production...
PFAS exposure may cause early menopause in women
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure may cause menopause to occur two years earlier in women, according to a new study.
Pronghorn exhibit little genetic variation despite landscape obstacles
While previous research shows landscape features such as major highways restrict the daily and seasonal movements of pronghorn and increase mortality risk, this study...
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