Global methane emissions soar to record high

Atmospheric: Global methane emissions soar to record high

IMAGE: The global methane budget for 2017 based on data from satellite sensors....

Research: New mobile element found in mosquito parasite has potential for disease control —

Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West Nile virus, has historically been difficult due to a lack of effective vaccines and concerns...

Research: New frog species found on remote Ethiopian mountain —

In summer 2018, NYU Abu Dhabi Postdoctoral Associates Sandra Goutte and Jacobo Reyes-Velasco explored an isolated mountain in southwestern Ethiopia where some of...
Study: Aliens might actually be trapped on their home planets by gravity

Study: Aliens might actually be trapped on their home planets by gravity

Gravity may be preventing aliens from leaving their planets, A New Study Reveals. It's an old conundrum. Given the high probability of life being out...

Research: Newly discovered hummingbird species already critically endangered —

In 2017, researchers working in the Ecuadorian Andes stumbled across a previously unknown species of hummingbird -- but as documented in a new...
Research: Little ‘toilet paper’ sensor detects heartbeats and blinks

Research: Little ‘toilet paper’ sensor detects heartbeats and blinks

University of Washington researchers used tissue paper—similar to toilet tissue—to make a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse or a...
Scientists discover a new source of space weather — too close to home

Scientists discover a new source of space weather — too close to home

Beyond Earth’s atmosphere are swirling clouds of energized particles — ions and electrons — that emanate from the sun. This “solar wind” buffets the...
Brain cells discovered that keep track of time and distance

Brain cells discovered that keep track of time and distance

Grid cells exist in the brains of all mammals. Grid cells had been thought to be the recipient of information from other cells about...

Research: Warming climate threatens microbes in alpine streams —

Changes to alpine streams fed by glaciers and snowfields due to a warming climate threaten to dramatically alter the types of bacteria and...
Cutting short lived pollutants could curb sea level rise, study suggest

Cutting short lived pollutants could curb sea level rise, study suggest

Science Daily reported yesterday on new research which suggests that cutting emissions of four specific pollutants could significantly slow down sea level rise in...

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