Over the past few decades, it has become obvious that climate change, and consequent extreme weather events, can wreak havoc on crop yields.
New Programmable Smart Fabric Responds to Temperature and Electricity
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli.
120-year-old storm’s secrets key to understanding weather risks
The conversion of handwritten weather records into digital information will help weather better understand future weather risks.
New biologic effective against major infection in early tests
A research team has shown in early tests that a bioengineered drug candidate can counter infection with Staphylococcus aureus -- a bacterial species widely resistant to antibiotics.
Massive iceberg discharges during the last ice age had no impact on nearby Greenland, raising new questions about climate dynamics
New findings suggest that Heinrich Events had no discernible impact on temperatures in Greenland, which could have repercussions for scientists' understanding of past climate dynamics.
Miniscule Device Could Help Preserve the Battery Life of Tiny Sensors
Scientists are striving to develop ever-smaller internet-of-things devices, like sensors tinier than a fingertip that could make nearly any object trackable.
Long distance voyaging among the Pacific Islands
An international team of researchers has used geochemical fingerprinting to reconstruct long-distance voyages between central and western Pacific Islands during the last millennium A.D.
Greener batteries
Our modern rechargeable batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, are anything but sustainable. One alternative is organic batteries with redox-organic electrode materials (OEMs), which can be synthesized from natural 'green' materials. A team has now introduced a new OEM for aqueous organic high-capacity batteries that can be easily and cheaply recycled.
360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood
Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from south-eastern Ireland. Plants can protect their wood from infection and water loss by forming special structures called 'tyloses'. These prevent bacterial and fungal pathogens from getting into the heartwood of living trees and damaging...
Colorado’s spicy ancient history of chili peppers
Recently identified chili pepper fossils from Boulder and Denver museums challenge millions of years of global tomato evolutionary history. Now, that's some spicy science!