A remote operated vehicle moves slowly across the rocky ocean floor, carefully navigating the course bottom that's covered in a carpet of fine brittle stars and elegant corals fans. Small orange fish flit past as the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) continues its movement more than 450 metres beneath the water's surface.The scene — as magical ...

Current climate policies imply a high risk for tipping critical Earth system elements, even if temperatures return to below 1.5 °C of global warming after a period of overshoot. A new study published in Nature Communications indicates that this risk can be minimized if the warming is swiftly reversed. That is why reducing emissions in the current d...

 Research team at the University of Göttingen develops method for recognizing cell propertiesChecking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? This would require recognizing how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Despite more than 100 years of intensive research, many of their...

 New research published by leading wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, in collaboration with the University of Derby, reveals that counting butterflies reduces anxiety by almost 10%.The pioneering study involved surveying people taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count in 2022. The results demonstrate that briefly tuni...

 Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), as part of a team from Cornell University, have identified chromosomal errors as a common cause of pregnancy loss in mares. Whilst chromosomal abnormalities are widely acknowledged as a common cause of human miscarriage, responsible for up to 82 per cent of pregnancy loss, there have been l...

 Ending world hunger is an important goal of the United Nations SDG-2, which aims to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient nutritious food by 2030. Marine food sources are still only marginally involved in this, especially the organisms low in the food chain that offer perspective for more sustainable food production. This project will...

 CORVALLIS, Ore. — An Oregon State University study found evidence that Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest were intentionally harvesting edible camas bulbs at optimal stages of the plant's maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago.The findings contribute to the growing body of research around Traditional Ecological Knowledge and practi...

 Using the most powerful telescopes on the ground and in space, a team of astronomers has discovered for the first time gusts of hot, warm and cold winds blowing from a neutron star as it devours matter from a neighbouring star. The discovery offers insights into the behaviour of some of the most extreme objects in the universe.Low-mass X-ray ...

 New, groundbreaking research shows that rotation curves of galaxies stay flat indefinitely, corroborating predictions of modified gravity theory as an alternative to dark matterIn a breakthrough discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists at Case Western Reserve University have unearthed new evidence that...

 The last population of woolly mammoths descended from fewer than ten individuals. Although the tribe recovered, the mammoths suffered from harmful mutations for thousands of years until extinction. This is shown by a new study, published in the journal Cell, carried out at the Center for Paleogenetics in Stockholm. The study provides new insi...

 Scientists have discovered a vast black hole more than 8,200 times the mass of our sun in a nearby star cluster which could unravel cosmic secrets.Located at the heart of the Omega Centauri cluster 18,000 light years away, the super-dense object is the closest example of a massive black hole ever discovered, and the first confirmed 'intermedi...

 An antenna on ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter has been given a new lease of life, helping researchers delve into the Martian atmosphere like never before.Using the repurposed equipment, a team including Imperial College London researchers have measured parts of the Martian atmosphere that were previously impossible to probe. This includes areas th...

 Float gen is the first offshore wind turbine installed off the French coast! Objective: to demonstrate the technical feasibility and economic viability of floating offshore wind in deep waters.First offshore wind turbine in FranceToday, FLOATGEN is the first offshore wind turbine, fixed and floating combined, to have been installed in France ...

 City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) researchers have uncovered a unique mechanism for producing the brilliant blue skin of ribbontail stingrays. This discovery sheds light on how nature can create vibrant colors through the particular arrangements of nanostructures, a process known as structural coloration. This research delves into the fa...

 Researchers at UCD have announced a collaboration with veterinary researchers in the UK for a new study on a potential treatment for headshaking syndrome in horses. The team aims to recruit owners of headshaking horses or ponies across Ireland and the UK, for a 12-month study involving blue light therapy.Whilst it is normal for a horse to sha...

 A groundbreaking method of detecting high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) has been proposed by a research team led by Prof. Tao LIU, Associate Professor from the Department of Physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The team's innovative approach may enable the successful detection of HFGWs by utilizing ex...

 The hump-backed mahseer population has decreased by 90% in the last 15 years. But due to a case of mistaken identity, the fish disappeared unnoticed from South India's River Cauvery until research led by Adrian Pinder, director of Bournemouth University's Global Environmental Solutions and director of The Mahseer Trust, highlighted the giant ...

 In a significant breakthrough for real-time environmental monitoring and disaster response, Space Park Leicester has successfully utilised its advanced satellite system to capture near real-time images of Hurricane Beryl.Hurricane Beryl has ripped across the Caribbean with winds of 240km/h (150mph) tearing roofs from buildings, uprooting tree...

 A groundbreaking discovery by researchers at the University of Houston has revealed a massive energy imbalance on Saturn, shedding new light on planetary science and evolution and challenging existing climate models for the solar system's gas giants. The findings appear in the scientific publication Nature Communications."This is the first ti...

 By Penny Sophia Duran, NASA Space Grant Science Writing InternThe sun barely peeks over the horizon as a suitcase-like transport box exits Steward Observatory, home to the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy. Inside, held snugly in place by foam, is precious cargo: CatSat, the university's first satellite built entirely by students....