Pesticides give bees a hard time
Scientists have investigated the impact of a new pesticide on the honeybee. In high doses, it has a negative impact on the insects' taste...
A vaccine for edible plants? A new plant protection method on the horizon
Novel technologies are being sought to replace the traditional pesticides used to protect plants, particularly edible plants such as cereals. A new project is...
Double perovskites in environmentally friendly solar cells
A further step has been taken along the road to manufacturing solar cells from lead-free perovskites. High quality films based on double perovskites, which...
Captain Scott’s Discovery expedition offers climate change insight 100 years on
Samples collected during Captain Scott's famous 1901-1904 Discovery expedition to Antarctica, the oldest of their kind, have recently undergone new analysis using modern techniques...
Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success
Private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management on...
Oxygen-deprived black sea provides insights on future carbon budget
Scientists are studying the oxygen-deprived waters of the Black Sea to help answer questions about the deepest parts of the ocean and Earth's climate.
Trap, contain and convert
Injecting carbon dioxide deep underground into basalt flows holds promise as an abatement strategy. Now, new research sheds light on exactly what happens underground...
New underwater geolocation technique takes cues from nature
Marine animals such as mantis shrimp and squid have inspired a new mode of underwater navigation that allows for greater accuracy. Researchers have now...
Banking on sunshine: World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity...
Solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017.
Like human societies, whales value culture and family ties
In a detailed genetic kinship study, an international team is the first to reveal that just like human societies, beluga whales appear to value...
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