Phytoplankton—microscopic algae that form the base of ocean food webs—have long been viewed as transient players in the global carbon cycle: They bloom, die, and the carbon they contain is quickly recycled back into the ...
Your five-star review of a park may have more weight than you think. Scientists just turned it into data, thanks to artificial intelligence.
Birds that are active during the day sing later into the night in places with significant light pollution, according to research by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor and his colleague.
One of the most fundamental processes in all of biology is the spontaneous organization of cells into clusters that divide and eventually turn into shapes—be they organs, wings or limbs.
Identifying a mineral might sound straightforward: Analyze its chemistry, compare it to known minerals and voilà . But for geologists, this process can be a time-consuming puzzle requiring specialized expertise and a lot ...
Each year, billions upon billions of tons of CO2 are pumped into the atmosphere. A significant proportion of this ends up in Earth's oceans, where it can react with water to form carbonic acid, which causes ocean acidification.
Five years ago, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, Black-founded startups had "a moment" when venture capitalists (VCs) were eager to invest. In the two years after Floyd's death, the share of VC dollars that went ...
Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which astrophysicists at UZH use to investigate how stars, planets and galaxies came into existence.
Earth's climate is a dynamic system of interconnected physical processes and events occurring around the globe. Many of these processes are coupled so that changes in one event or process in one geographical area will result ...
Cell culture is a foundational technology widely used across fields such as pharmaceutical production, regenerative medicine, food science, and materials engineering. A critical component of successful cell culture is the ...
