Research: New molecular blueprint advances our understanding of photosynthesis —

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used one of the most advanced microscopes in the world...

Research: Dog burial as common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula —

Coinciding with the Pit Grave culture (4200-3600 years before our era), coming from Southern Europe, the Neolithic communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula...

Research: Seismologists found mountains and smooth plains on a boundary layer deep within the...

Most schoolchildren learn that the Earth has three (or four) layers: a crust, mantle and core, which is sometimes subdivided into an inner...

Research: Highly durable aerogel could ultimately be an upgrade for insulation on spacecraft —

UCLA researchers and collaborators at eight other research institutions have created an extremely light, very durable ceramic aerogel. The material could be used...

Research: Tiny satellites reveal water dynamics in thousands of northern lakes —

Using an army of small satellites, researchers have shown that water levels in small lakes across northern Canada and Alaska are far more...

Research: New clues to predict tipping points for marsh survival —

Sea-level rise, sediment starvation and other environmental woes pose increasing threats to coastal wetlands worldwide. But a massive new Duke University study could...

Research: Tracking pollen with quantum dots —

A pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University in South Africa is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen grains. This is...

Research: Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at...

The Sacred Rock is one of the most important monuments at the Inca sanctuary Machu Picchu, located in the Cusco region in Peru....

Research: Orangutans make complex economic decisions about tool use —

Flexible tool use is closely associated to higher mental processes such as the ability to plan actions. Now a group of cognitive biologists...

Research: Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy —

At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra region of India's Himachal Pradesh graze cattle among rolling hills and forests....

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