Fish that display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Proceedings…
Scientists control molecular alignment on a graphene surface
A fluke discovery could pave the way towards improved graphene-based electronics [caption id="attachment_14778" align="alignright" width="329"] The gray plane on the bottom represents the graphene surface. The stick-like particles consisting of red, white, yellow and gray…
In field tests, device harvests water from desert…
MIT-developed system could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations [caption id="attachment_14775" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers at MIT have developed a new device that is able to extract moisture from very dry air.Courtesy of the…
The absence of ants – Entomologist confirms first…
Dr Stefano Vanin was part of an international team working on discoveries at the Holocene age hunter-gatherer site at Takarkori in south-western Libya. [caption id="attachment_14769" align="alignnone" width="751"] Takarkori rock shelter.[/caption] BY analysing a prehistoric site…
Two NASA Astronauts Among Crew Heading to International…
[caption id="attachment_14766" align="alignnone" width="985"] The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:44…