In the Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership, communities work with non-profit organisations and academics to restore and protect natural springs so that people have clean drinking water. Credit: Environmental and Rural Solutions …
A team of researchers from the University of Cologne’s Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, led by Dr Yuri Tolkach and Professor Dr Reinhard Büttner, has created a digital …
A humpback whale off Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil in June 2024. The detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight …
For about fifteen years, Kagome materials with their star-shaped structure reminiscent of a Japanese basketry pattern have captivated global research. Only staring from 2018 scientists have been able to synthesize …
Negotiators hope to agree the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution this year. With months until crunch talks on the world’s first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are …
The elimination of damaged cell components is essential for the maintenance of the body’s tissues and organs. An international research team led by the University of Bonn has made significant …
Longitudinal electrostriction strain coefficient of 10 mol% doped ceria ceramics as a function of dopant crystal radius. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43032-5 The ceramic produced in Prof. Igor Lubomirsky’s lab …
‘The age of boredom… has now passed”. So begins On Boredom, a 2021 essay collection that claims the likes of TikTok and YouTube have driven it to extinction. These days, …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Will two NASA astronauts return to Earth soon in their troubled Boeing capsule? Or wait at the International Space Station for a ride home next …
Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long time. Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin report this in the journal PLOS Pathogens. People …