Research: Scientists brew lava and blow it up to better understand volcanoes —

What happens when lava and water meet? Explosive experiments with humanmade lava are helping to answer this important question. By cooking up 10-gallon batches...

Research: Scientists discover how birds and dinosaurs evolved to dazzle with colourful displays —

Iridescence is responsible for some of the most striking visual displays in the animal kingdom. Now, thanks to a new study of feathers...

Research: From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes — spanning five continents...

In 2018, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 229 new plant and animal species to our family tree, enriching our understanding...

Research: Which are good and which are bad? New study is perhaps the most...

Microglia are known to be important to brain function. The immune cells have been found to protect the brain from injury and infection...

Research: Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroos —

A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) led collaboration with University of Adelaide reveals that Australia's pint-sized banded hare-wallaby is the closest living relative...

Research: Driving us closer to greener transport? —

Composite materials made from agricultural waste could be used to produce sustainable, lightweight and low-cost applications in the automotive and marine industries. A team...

Research: Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world —

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey sources, new research from the French National Center...

Research: Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic —

Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most -- climate change, nutrient load and...

Research: Silicosis is on the rise, but is there a therapeutic target? —

Researchers from the CNRS, the University of Orléans, and the company Artimmune, in collaboration with Turkish clinicians from Atatürk University, have identified a...

Research: Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical farmers —

Cacao farmers in Nicaragua lose their crop, the main ingredient for chocolate, to fungal blight and degrading soils. Yields drop in Vietnam's rice...

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