Grain traits traced to ‘dark matter’ of rice genome
Domesticated rice has fatter seed grains with higher starch content than its wild rice relatives -- the result of many generations of preferential seed...
Engineers calculate the ultimate potential of next-generation solar panels
Most of today's solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of...
Birds’ seasonal migrations shift earlier as climate changes
In what the authors believe is one of the first studies to examine climate change impact on the timing of bird migration on a...
Interstellar comet 2I — Borisov swings past sun
When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it's bound to stir up a lot of excitement and...
NASA’s treasure map for water ice on Mars
NASA has big plans for returning astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a stepping stone on the path to sending humans to Mars. But...
Large atmospheric waves in the jet stream present risk to global food production
In a new study published today in Nature Climate Change, scientists show how specific wave patterns in the jet stream strongly increase the chance...
Post-menopausal killer whale grandmothers improve the chances of survival for their grand-calves
Post-menopausal killer whale grandmothers improve the chances of survival for their grand-calves, new research has found.
The study found that grandmothers who were no longer...
How does language emerge? New study provides insights into the first steps
How did the almost 6000 languages of the world come into being? Researchers from the Leipzig Research Centre for Early Childhood Development at Leipzig...
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as current biodiversity assessments fail to take into account the long-lasting...
First recording of a blue whale’s heart rate
Encased in a neon orange plastic shell, a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface of the Monterey Bay, waiting to be retrieved...