Brazilian Biodiversity Information System is bringing Brazil’s biological diversity to the internet
As one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth, Brazil is taking steps to consolidate all of the nation’s...
The EPA wants to limit what science can be used to create regulations
Just weeks after this year's March for Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt...
UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...
Scientists develop way to efficiently degrade plastics into diesel fuel
Plastic pollution clogs our oceans and landfills. According to the Earth Policy Institute, Americans use about...
New research shows plants respond to touch
Researchers have long speculated about whether plants are capable of interacting with humans and each other. One...
Mars is emerging from a 400,000 year-old ice age
A new study has found that Mars is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400,000 years ago. While scientists...
Plastic-eating worms may offer solution to our growing garbage problem
Every year, 6.4 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean. On land, plastic gathers in landfills, on beaches...
New map shows where large mammals would exist without humans
How would the world look if humans had never spread out across the Earth? For a start, we'd have a lot more forest,...
Futuristic Antarctic Research System is a modular shelter for modern-day nomads
These futuristic mobile pods were designed to provide optimal living and working conditions for researchers exploring...
How We Harvest Horseshoe Crab Blood to Save Human Lives
Do you give much thought to horseshoe crabs? No, me neither. But it turns out that without them, we could be in...
Harvard Researchers Successfully Reverse Aging in Mice
Photo © Shutterstock In a new study published in the journal Cell, Harvard researchers claim to have discovered...
Designing and Building with Bacteria Could be the Future of Architecture
The rate at which science has been evolving for the last few decades suggests it won’t be long before we’re...
Austrian Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains in a Lab
Image via Shutterstock After years of using mice to study the inner workings of the brain, Juergen Knoblich...
South Korean Scientists Develop World’s First Bendable Lithium-Ion Battery
South Korean scientists just developed the world's first imprintable and bendable battery - and it could pave the...
NREL’s Silicon Wafer Screening System Could Save Solar Industry Billions of Dollars
Used in the manufacturing of solar cells, silicon wafers are an integral component that also create a sizable financial...
UC Davis Researchers Engineer Blue-Green Algae to Make Fuel From Sunlight
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have engineered blue-green algae that could help replace fossil...
Nanomaterials That Split Sunlight into Separate Colors Could Double Solar Cell Efficiency
Solar technologies are constantly evolving towards higher efficiencies thanks to the development of materials capable...
Two Boys Raise Nearly $10,000 to Help Save a 500-Million-Year-Old Species
Two boys from Cape Elizabeth, Maine have made it their mission to help save one of the planet’s oldest species....
Scientists at Spain’s University of Jaen Create Eco-Friendly Bricks from Paper Waste
Scientists at Spain’s University of Jaen have found an affordable and eco-friendly way to make bricks from paper...
CitiSense is a Portable Air Pollution Monitoring Device that Sends Data to Your Smart Phone
CitiSense is a portable pollution monitoring system that allows you to check nearby air quality on your smart phone....
Scientists Set to Explore Pitch-Black Waters of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica
A team of scientists, led by Professor Martin Siegert of Bristol University, is preparing to start their journey...
New Flexible Fiber-Based Solar Cells Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Production
Thanks to an international team of chemists, physicists and engineers, we may soon see the creation of flexible...
New Study Suggests Pacific Ocean is Polluted With… Coffee?
People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a new study published in Marine Pollution...
Cornell Researchers Find That Lycopene and Grape Seed Extract Could Make Smoking Less Harmful
If you know someone whose New Year's resolution is to quit smoking, a new finding may deter them from doing so....