So states a team of researchers from seven universities in a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Science: “Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles,…
This curious arrangement is one of Nature’s most delicate and complex partnerships – a collaboration now facing grave threats from climate change.The symbiosis…
After the successful launch in 2002 of Envisat – the largest Earth observation satellite ever built – ESA started to develop the Earth Explorer missions to…
The project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, will involve growing two different species of cyanobacteria – photosynthetic algae that are…
Deep ocean hydrothermal vents have long been suggested as possible sources of biological molecules such as RNA and DNA but it was unclear how they could…
More than 30 billion tonnes of extra carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere annually by human activities, mainly through the burning of fossil…