A new study published in PNAS, led by the United States Department of Agriculture and involving several researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Leipzig University, investigated how the relationship between mean annual precipitation (MAP) and grassland biomass changes when one or more nutrients are added. 

A new study found that electrifying the San Francisco Bay Area’s Caltrain commuter rail line reduced riders’ exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%.

When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge. 

Autonomous driving algorithm for robot using lidar shows promise with high-bed cultivation methods.

In birds, singing behaviours play a critical role in mating and territory defence.

Scientists estimate that tweaking some burn conditions could cut cancer risks from smoke exposure by over 50%.

Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational waves. 

Scientists at EPFL have developed a scalable method to produce porous graphene membranes that efficiently separate carbon dioxide.

Membranes packed with charge help overcome the current salinity limit, making it easier to crystallize ocean salts and harvest valuable minerals from desalination waste.

UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton has been wading through thick, smelly muck in the tropics for almost a decade.