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Earth Sciences Jan 30, 2024

Global warming caused widespread ocean anoxia 93 million years ago, deep-sea sediments research suggests

Marine anoxia is characterized by the oceans being severely depleted in dissolved oxygen, making them toxic and thus having devastating impacts on the organisms inhabiting them. One such event, known as Oceanic Anoxic Event ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 25, 2024

Deep learning reveals molecular secrets of explosive perchlorate salts

Perchlorates are a class of compounds that are notorious for their explosive nature. This raises safety concerns during experiments involving complex compounds that contain perchlorate ions, since explosions can be triggered ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 22, 2024

Fingerprinting biomolecules with the help of sound

A team of researchers from the Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has designed a biosensor capable of identifying proteins and peptides in quantities as low ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 11, 2024

Using 'Kerr solitons' to boost the power of transmission electron microscopes

When light goes through a material, it often behaves in unpredictable ways. This phenomenon is the subject of an entire field of study called "nonlinear optics," which is now integral to technological and scientific advances ...

Plants & Animals Jan 8, 2024

A primate on the brink: Cao vit gibbon even closer to extinction than feared

Thanks to new technology, we now have a better idea of just how vanishingly rare the world's second rarest ape really is.

Materials Science Dec 27, 2023

Light measurement enables estimation of the chemical attributes of spice extracts

Spices and other plant-derived products contain many active components, such as polyphenols and flavonoids. However, even the slightest variations in conditions can considerably affect the extraction efficiency of these active ...

Ecology Dec 18, 2023

New ecosystem mapping workflow tackles unique challenges of Antarctic continent

A study conducted by QUT researchers has developed a pioneering ecosystem mapping workflow that combines drones, advanced imaging techniques, and machine learning to map and monitor vegetation in Antarctica's protected regions ...

Ecology Dec 14, 2023

Ensuring proof of origin through marker-free tracing of logs

Until now, reliably tracing logs to their origin has been difficult to achieve. Researchers at Fraunhofer IPM and their partners have now shown that logs and trunk sections can be identified based on the structure of the ...

Archaeology Dec 7, 2023

Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise and fall of Roman Empire's frontier, reveal Slavic migrations

A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

Environment Dec 5, 2023

Researchers use AI to identify toxic substances in wastewater with greater accuracy and speed

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microplastics faster and more accurately than ever before.

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