Ocean color remote sensing is a vital tool for monitoring global ocean carbon sinks and primary productivity. However, the on-orbit calibration accuracy of satellite sensors is insufficient, and weak ...

Southeast Asia has spent decades trying to tackle haze from forest fires. Yet every few years, the region finds itself ...

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a powerful tool for determining the structures of proteins, viruses and ...

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Since the 1950s, the Tibetan Plateau has experienced pronounced warming and wetting. However, an overall shift toward wetter ...

Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole. The few that don't have had theirs ejected during a galactic collision.

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One of the oldest known 3D fossils of an animal has been discovered in a sheep field in the Norwegian Arctic, the first new ...

Every US$1 invested in tackling climate change and air pollution together can generate around US$15 in economic benefits, ...

The PISA study regularly assesses 15-year-olds' ability to understand and solve real-life problems in reading, mathematics ...

As large-scale disasters—including earthquakes, torrential rains, typhoons and wildfires—become increasingly frequent, ...

Cyclopropanes are organic chemistry's smallest rings. Three carbon atoms are joined in a triangle, creating a compact and ...