The tropical oceans are home to the most diverse plankton populations on Earth, where they form the base of marine food chains.
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The ‘Tipping Point’ Toward Alzheimer’s
New electrical method triggers and analyzes dynamics of brain protein that underlie many neurodegenerative diseases.
Snakes Can Hear More Than You Think
A University of Queensland-led study has found that as well as ground vibrations, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound.
How to make hydrogen straight from seawater — no desalination required
Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry. The new method splits the seawater directly into hydrogen and oxygen -- skipping the need for desalination and its associated cost, energy consumption and...
Antibiotic consumption is currently not the main driver of aminoglycoside resistance spread, study suggests
The spread of antibiotic resistance, where infectious bacteria are able to defeat the drugs intended to kill them, may not be primarily driven by antibiotic consumption, according to a new study.
Kangaroo fecal microbes could reduce methane from cows
Baby kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane. A microbial culture developed from the kangaroo feces inhibited methane production in a cow stomach simulator. After researchers added the baby kangaroo culture and a known methane inhibitor to the simulated stomach, it produced...
Why Methane Surged in 2020
When NOAA released its 2020 numbers for atmospheric methane, many scientists were surprised.
Whale Warning as Clock Ticks Towards Deep-Sea Mining
Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean – but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have warned.
Great Uncertainty Over Risk Assessment for Low-Dose Radiation
We are all exposed to ionising radiation over our lifetime.
Human Activity Has Degraded More Than a Third of Remaining Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than a third of remaining forest affected by humans, according to a new study.