…to replace synthetic plastic films. Materials with enhanced structure derived from crustaceans and seaweed could be part of a next-generation answer to the challenge of replacing petroleum-based plastic films, according…
The ‘burrowing effect’ of foraminifera on marine environments. Impact of single-cell organisms on sediment oxygen levels and bacterial diversity measured for the first time. Dr. Dewi Langlet, a scientist at…
New research has shown that methane trapped under the ocean is vulnerable to climate change and could be released into the ocean. An international team of researchers involving experts from…
New data analyses allow better evaluation of climate models. Scientists use climate models to simulate past climate, in order to determine how and why it has changed. As a result…
Two satellites successfully launched from California. Technische Universität Berlin sets new standards in the development of small satellites with the NanoFF project. On Friday, 1 December 2023 two small satellites…
Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces of oceans, seas and lakes. The robot’s…