Deep cycling of carbon and chlorine were likely flipped in Earth’s early history
High-pressure experiments are helping scientists understand the deep cycles of carbon and chlorine which are essential for life on earth, and how these have changed since three billion years ago.
Bournemouth University students win Wessex Region IMechE Design Challenge
A team of Bournemouth University students have won the Wessex Region IMechE Design Challenge competition with their line launcher device.
5 Questions: Tandy Aye on what transgender teens need from their parents
A recent Stanford study showed that, for teens exploring their gender identity, simple acts of caring from their parents were what they valued most.
Overcoming pandemic cave syndrome: Why is it so complicated?
For U.S. workers and students who have toiled remotely in isolation or in pods for the past year and a half, reentering offices, classrooms and other old stomping grounds...
Invisible fungi revealed by their genetic material
How can new life forms that we cannot see be discovered? Using a novel method based on looking for DNA in soil samples, researchers at Uppsala University have...
Social media boundaries can improve teen sleep
University of Queensland research has shown intense and problematic social media use is linked to sleep difficulties in adolescents.
Nature must be a partner, not just a provider of services – Oxford report
Nature based Solutions (NbS) could support transformative change in environmental sustainability - to address major societal challenges, including the climate crisis...
Top students from University of Waikato take science learning back to their community
Two sisters, who have been recognised by an international academic honours’ society for their excellence in science, are taking what they have learned at the University...
University of Macau 36th Portuguese Language Summer Course now open for applications
Organised by the Department of Portuguese of UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the 36th Portuguese Language Summer Course will include language courses and thematic courses, which will be held online via Moodle and Zoom between 9:00am and 6:00pm every working day over the period of the summer course.
Mushrooms serve as ‘main character’ in most ecosystems
A team of Western mycologists (fungi experts) spent the past two summers digging deep in Newfoundland dirt to investigate the might of mushrooms and found what lies beneath truly is ‘the main character’ in most terrestrial ecosystems.
