More than 3 million square kilometers of the Asian elephant’s historic habitat range has been lost in just three centuries, a new report from an international scientific team led by a University of California San Diego researcher reveals.
Using Microbes to Get More Out of Mining Waste
Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called tailings, could transform the mining industry and create a greener and more sustainable future.
Paradoxical Quantum Phenomenon Measured for the First Time
How do quantum particles share information?
Innovative Treatment Targets Blood Clots Without Increased Bleeding Risk
Safer and more effective blood thinners could be on the way following a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at UBC and the University of Michigan, published today in Nature Communications.
Humidity May Increase Heat Risk in Urban Climates
As temperatures across the globe reach record-level highs, urban areas are facing increased heat stress.
ProSocial World: How the principles of evolution can create lasting global change
Knowing how cultural evolution happens also means we can harness it for the larger good, creating a more just and sustainable world, according to a new article.
Prolonged Droughts Likely Spelled the End for Indus Megacities
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization.
Luring the virus into a trap
Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. Research teams investigated the final stages of viral penetration using electron tomography and computer simulations. So-called fusion pores, through which the viral genome is released into the host cell, play a central role in these processes....
Jellyfish-like robots could one day clean up the world’s oceans
Roboticists have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of the ocean. The almost noise-free prototype can trap objects underneath its body without physical contact, thereby enabling safe interactions in delicate environments such as coral reefs. Jellyfish-Bot could become an...
Woodpecker Guides Post-Fire Forest Management
What's good for the Black-backed Woodpecker is good for restoration of burned California forests.