Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars
Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below the Martian surface may contain...
Seabirds’ response to abrupt climate change transformed sub-Antarctic island ecosystems
A 14,000-year paleoecological reconstruction of the sub-Antarctic islands done by an international research team including HKU has found that seabird establishment occurred during a...
From hard to soft: Making sponges from mussel shells
Scientists have discovered a spongy form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a material found in limestone, chalk, marble, and the shells of mussels and other...
Light pollution at night severely disrupts the reproductive cycle of corals
Studying the reproductive cycle of two coral species from the Indo-Pacific Ocean over the course of three months, researchers found that light pollution caused...
When new males take over, these female primates hurry up and mature
Most mammals -- including humans and other primates -- reach sexual maturity early or late depending on lots of different factors, such as how...
Scientists develop energy-saving ‘liquid window’
Scientists have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, while trapping thermal heat that can be...
Utilizing a ‘krafty’ waste product: Toward enhancing vehicle fuel economy
Researchers have chemically modified Kraft lignin -- ordinarily considered in the paper industry to be a waste product -- and used it to produce...
Eco-engineered tiles enhance marine biodiversity on seawalls
Marine ecologists have found that the eco-engineered tiles can increase habitat complexity on seawalls in Hong Kong, thereby effectively enhancing the marine biodiversity. The...
Metal pollution in British waters may be threatening scallops, study reveals
Research suggests that the contamination of Isle of Man seabed sediments with zinc, lead and copper from the mining of these metals, which peaked...
Species more likely to die out with rapid climate changes
The great tit and other birds can adapt to changes in their food supply as a result of climate change, but they run into...
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