Scientific Opinion

27/07/2020

Hundreds of fossilized impressions are providing a glimpse into ancient human behavior

Preserved impressions in East Africa offer a glimpse of ancient human behavior.

25/07/2020

Researchers create liquid-repelling substance that works on all surfaces

Acting like an invisible force field, a new liquid coating being developed by UBC Okanagan researchers may provide an extra layer of protection for front-line workers.

23/07/2020

Prince William says it’s ‘important for us to learn a lesson from the pandemic' and admits 2020 took a 'heart-breaking' turn as he renews his calls for an end to illegal wildlife trade

The Duke of Cambridge encouraged the international community to come together to end the illegal wildlife trade for good, in a virtual meeting of the United for Wildlife Taskforces.

21/07/2020

DNA from a 14,000-year-old tooth sheds new light on the first Americans’ ancestry

DNA from a fragment of a 14,000-year-old tooth suggests that Native Americans have widespread Asian ancestry.

19/07/2020

Unusual nanoparticles could benefit the quest to build a quantum computer

Imagine tiny crystals that "blink" like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels.

17/07/2020

International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List changes ocean giants’ status to ‘critically endangered’

16/07/2020

The project aims to safeguard the beneficial microbes living in and on the human body

Just as the Svalbard Global Seed Vault protects global crop diversity, the Microbiota Vault may one day protect the microbes on and in our bodies.

16/07/2020

Graphene-adsorbate van der Waals bonding memory inspires 'smart' graphene sensors

Monolayer graphene, an atomic-layer thick sheet of carbon, has found immense applications in diverse fields including chemical sensors and detecting single molecule adsorption events electronically. Therefore, monitoring physisorbed molecule induced changes of the electrical response of graphene has...

16/07/2020

US President Donald Trump has announced alterations to a landmark environmental law, in a controversial move to allow projects to go ahead with less oversight.

The president hails the changes as "historic", but critics say they are designed to avoid scrutiny.

16/07/2020

DNA suggests people from the Americas had a role in the peopling of Pacific islands

DNA analyses suggest that Indigenous people from South America had a role in the early peopling of Polynesia.

16/07/2020

Tuning frontal polymerization for diverse material properties

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have improved the technique of frontal polymerization, where a small amount of heat triggers a moving reaction wave that produces a polymeric material. The new method enables a wider range of materials with better control over their the...

16/07/2020

A record-breaking heatwave in Siberia would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, a study has found.

The heatwave would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, a study says.