(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of volunteers has pored over observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and discovered more than 5,000 "bubbles" in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy. Young, hot stars blow these bubbles into ...
Astronomy
Mar 7, 2012
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The European Commission launched a proposal in July 2023 to deregulate a large number of plants manufactured using new genetic techniques.
Biotechnology
Dec 18, 2023
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The diagnosis sounds worrying: More than 80% of habitats in the EU are currently considered vulnerable. This has negative consequences on their functional capability and thus the services they provide for humans. In order ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2023
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Have you ever been bitten by a tiger? A tiger mosquito, that is. This invasive species and other close Asian species have found their way to Europe. But thanks to an ingenious smartphone app developed by the COST Action Aedes ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2022
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The contamination of fruits and vegetables produced in the European Union by the most toxic pesticides has substantially increased over the past decade, according to new research published Tuesday.
Ecology
May 24, 2022
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Researchers have used new breeding techniques to develop a chicory variety that no longer contains bitter compounds. Katarina Cankar, plant researcher at Wageningen University & Research: "In the European CHIC project, we ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2021
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Most European citizens do not particularly care about climate change. That's the striking finding from new research on the views of 70,000 randomly sampled European men and women.
Environment
Sep 14, 2020
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Since its accidental introduction in 2003 in France, the yellow-legged Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) is rapidly spreading through Europe. Both experts and citizen scientists keep on identifying the new invader ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2020
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Recent data have shown a decline of air pollution over northern Italy coinciding with its nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This new map shows the variation of nitrogen dioxide emissions ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2020
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called Thursday for EU leaders to heed a "wake-up call" on a plan to tax US technology giants, amid signs of growing resistance to the French-led initiative.
Business
Sep 6, 2018
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