A team of researchers from the University of Bonn, Germany, have won five million US dollars at the ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition in Long Beach, USA. The final, hosted by
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A team of researchers finds how a drug used to treat herpes can fight bacterium resistant to antibiotics by weakening its defence mechanisms, according to a study published in the
A study published in the scientific journal Nature reveals how the world’s largest peatland went from being a significant storage of carbon to releasing high carbon dioxide emissions due to
Vegetation in the Arctic controls the temperature on the surface, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The authors defend that this information needs to be included in climate
A team of researchers found a new river under the Antarctic, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience. The authors believe this can affect the flow
Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden identified the mechanism that makes people decide to intervene and help others in danger. It turns out, the system that protects us from
Marine protected areas (MPAs) can protect more than just oceans, seas, and estuaries, according to a study published in the scientific journal One Earth. Researchers know these areas preserve aquatic
DNA can be used as a reliable way to store a large amount of digital information. Saving the information in DNA is easy, but retrieving it or changing it is
A dose of nicotine equivalent to a single cigarette is enough to block the production of estrogen in women, according to a study by a team of researchers from Uppsala
A musician and an economist from Cambridge, UK, developed a musical way to highlight biodiversity loss and climate change. Knowing how human activities are “silencing” nature, Dr. Matthew Agarwala decided