Research: Peatland carbon sinks at risk —

Peatlands are extremely effective at storing carbon, but an international study featuring a University of Queensland researcher has found climate change could stop...

Research: Special antibodies could lead to HIV vaccine —

A small number of people who are infected with HIV-1 produce very special antibodies. These antibodies do not just fight one virus strain,...

Research: GEOMAR research team develops new workflow for image analysis —

More and more data and images are generated during ocean research. In order to be able to evaluate the image data scientifically, automated...

Research: Can you evolve while being robust? Biophysical constraints on evolvability and robustness uncovered...

It is often thought that DNA, together with the genes encoded in it, is the essence of life. But equally important is coordinating...

Research: Asteroid pair is the ‘smoking gun’ indicating an earlier altercation amongst the giants...

Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in...

Research: Three new species of fish discovered in the extreme depths of the Pacific...

An exploration to one of the deepest places on earth has captured rare footage of what is believed to be three new species...

Research: Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution —

For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a new study reveals that the type...

Research: Research vital to understanding climate change —

Visualize the following: The Earth's climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago;...

Research: ‘Kidnapping’ in the Antarctic animal world? A puzzling relationship between amphipods and pteropods...

Pteropods or sea snails, also called sea angels, produce chemical deterrents to ward off predators, and some species of amphipods take advantage of...

Research: Global warming pushing alpine species higher and higher —

For every one-degree-Celsius increase in temperature, mountaintop species shift upslope 100 metres, shrinking their inhabited area and resulting in dramatic population declines, new...

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