Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the "green" energy and digital transitions essential to meeting ...

The first study to measure the full economic value of bottom trawling in Europe's waters calculates that the destructive ...

In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of ...

Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute ...

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Eggs and poultry provide important sources of protein globally, driving a major industry with large economic impacts.

Natural rubber, tapped from trees as latex, is the world's most widely used bio-elastomer. Comprising long molecular chains ...

Shielding materials are essential in key modern industrial settings—such as spacecraft, nuclear power plants, semiconductor ...

After nearly four decades, the world's longest-running soil warming experiment is revealing a surprising result: even "stable ...

Chocolate is one of the world's most widely consumed foods. It is made from cacao beans grown by millions of smallholder farmers globally. High-quality cacao beans require optimal growing conditions, ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and ...