When governmental authorities and companies initiate projects within renewable energy and green transition, they often affect indigenous people and their living areas. Even though the actors are obligated to respect human rights and consider the perspectives of local populations, they are often not heard when decisions impacting them are made...

 Harmful chemicals that last for so long they're known as 'forever chemicals' have been found in the Amazon rainforest atmosphere for the first time.Samples of air collected at an observatory in the Brazilian rainforest that stands at the same height as the Eiffel Tower were analysed by Coventry University's Dr Ivan Kourtchev who said it was "...

 Astronomers from the University of Arizona, along with an international group of researchers, observed the atmosphere of a hot and uniquely inflated exoplanet using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The exoplanet, which is the size of Jupiter but only a tenth of its mass, is found to have east-west asymmetry in its atmosphere, meaning that t...

 The BMWK project "Enersat" of the University of Passau, Center for Telematics (ZfT), Institute for Energy and High Voltage Technology (IEHT) is researching secure satellite networks to support the normal and emergency operation of renewable energy systems.The aim of the research team is to investigate the potential of a network of microsatell...

 The insights, published in the journal Science, can also be used to make other types of machine learning architectures more effectiveNeural networks have been powering breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, including the large language models that are now being used in a wide range of applications, from finance, to human resources to healt...

 Spartans are partnering with communities to gather data on coastal erosion that can inform better decision-makingThe Great Lakes are the lifeblood of Michigan, shaping the state's geography, economy and culture. Yet, beneath the waves, the forces of nature and changes in climate are reshaping coastlines. To combat the growing threat of erosio...

 Coventry University is exploring opportunities to work with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre to help businesses explore the incredible opportunities offered by technologies such as AI and supercomputing.The two organisations have agreed to explore the development of a Digital and AI Skills Network aimed at u...

 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...

 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...

 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 ...

 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...

 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...

 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...

 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...

 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...

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...

 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 ...

 The study could help show just how hummingbirds perform their signature hover near the flowers they feed on, as well as inform animal welfare and future touch technology for humans.New research mapping a hummingbirds' sense of touch onto specific areas of the brain shows the little creatures are sensitive to even slight puffs of air.The study...

 Beginning on foot, Carnegie Mellon University's Brandon Tober donned skis to survey the accessible four-kilometer lower section of Root Glacier. Tober is part of a team of researchers working to map the glacier's thickness and bedrock elevation using two types of ice-penetrating surveys — from the air and on the ground.The team — researchers ...

 Geophysics' Bay Villas Bôas is part of $9M Office of Naval Research project to enhance predictive capabilities of extreme weather eventsA team of Colorado School of Mines researchers will get to fly into the eye of the storm during hurricane season in hopes of learning more about the way the ocean and atmosphere interact during extreme weathe...