Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024: monitor
Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country ...
Curious blue rings in trees and shrubs reveal cold summers of the past—potentially caused by volcanic eruptions
Trees need a certain number of warm days in their growing seasons to grow properly; otherwise, the cell walls of new growth ...
Rare snow socks New Orleans as Arctic blast chills much of US
Bitter Arctic air plunged more than half the United States into a deep freeze Tuesday, including New Orleans, where the heaviest snow in decades brought dangerous conditions to the famously festive ...
Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be "majestic" but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado's highest court said Tuesday.
Pesticide mixtures shown to be present in soil and plants all year round, not just during application times
In conventional agriculture, synthetic chemical pesticides are used in various crops such as arable farming, vegetable ...
Illuminating an asymmetric gap in a topological antiferromagnet
Topological insulators (TIs) are among the hottest topics in condensed matter physics today. They're a bit strange: Their ...
Skin-penetrating nematodes' love-hate relationship with COâ‚‚ could lead to new parasitic infection treatments
In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...
Natural features and oil and gas structures influence the movement of whale sharks across the seascape
Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like ...
City-dwelling spur-winged lapwings move around more than their rural counterparts
Researchers from Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology have studied the behavior and movement of the common spur-winged ...
New findings shed light on cell health: Key insights into the recycling process inside cells
A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean ...
Scientists succeed in trapping molecules to perform quantum operations for the first time
Molecules haven't been used in quantum computing, even though they have the potential to make the ultra-high-speed ...
Innovative technique flips chemical polarity for targeted drug creation
Researchers at Leipzig University have developed a new process for reversing the polarity of chemical compounds, also known ...