Migrating birds choose routes with the best wind and uplift conditions, helping them to fly nonstop for hundreds of kilometers over the sea. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of…
The COgITOR project has been funded by the European Union with approximately 3.5 million euros for the next 4 years. The COgITOR project is aimed at formulating a new concept…
A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature’s “electric grid,” a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep…
Large difference in role of iron between oceans near Greenland and Antarctica. Though a lack of iron is a factor limiting algal growth in the oceans, more dissolved iron in…
We are collectively failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity and to mobilize natural solutions to help curb global warming. A new study carried out by the Nature Map Consortium, shows…
Fossil site in Lower Austria provides deep insights into Austria’s earth history. Over 6000 unique fossils of the alpine Triassic period have been investigated by NHM Vienna-Palaeontologist Alexander Lukeneder and…