Pumice the key to solving seabird mass death mystery
Researchers have used the evidence of pumice from an underwater volcanic eruption to answer a long-standing mystery about a mass death of migrating seabirds.
‘Keep off the grass’: The biofuel that could help us achieve net zero
Some grasses are a sustainable energy source that could be a driving force towards achieving net zero carbon emissions, according to new research that...
The case of the cloudy filters: Solving the mystery of the degrading sunlight detectors
Sun-facing satellites monitor the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) light to give us advance warning of solar storms. But over the course of just a year...
Arctic sponge survival in the extreme deep-sea
Researchers from the SponGES project collected year-round video footage and hydrodynamic data from the mysterious world of a deep-sea sponge ground in the Arctic.
Researchers reveal cost of key climate solution
First comprehensive nationwide assessment estimates energy penalties from managing carbon dioxide storage reservoirs. The findings provide a framework for selecting reservoirs and making underground...
Biocrude passes the 2,000-hour catalyst stability test
A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness.
New protein helps carnivorous plants sense and trap their prey
The brush of an insect's wing is enough to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap shut, but the biology of how these plants sense...
New insights into close encounters between albatross and fishing vessels
A novel analysis of encounters between albatross and commercial fishing vessels across the North Pacific Ocean is giving researchers important new understanding about seabird-vessel...
How improving acoustic monitoring of bats could help protecting biodiversity
In order to assess the risk of bats dying at wind turbines, it is common practice to record the acoustic activity of bats within...
Technology uses ‘single’ approach to develop electronics, acoustics
An innovator developed a new approach to creating popular thin films for devices across a broad range of fields, including optics, acoustics and electronics....
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