Cuckoo finch eggs laid by different females. Diversity of maternally inherited egg phenotypes within a single interbreeding species, the brood-parasitic cuckoo finch. Different cuckoo finch…
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Scientists have produced a map showing where the world’s major food crops should be grown to maximize yield and minimize environmental impact. This would capture…
Defective mitochondria – the ‘batteries’ that power the cells of our bodies – could in the future be repaired using gene-editing techniques. Scientists at the…
Drone spraying pesticide on wheat field. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding…
One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is…
Eating wild-caught fish instead of using it as feed in salmon farming would allow nearly four million tonnes of fish to be left in the…
Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using ‘holobricks’ that can be stacked together to generate large-scale holograms. Credit: University…
Artistic rendition of isolated spins on hexagonal boron nitride under an optical microscope. Credit: Qiushi Gu Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be…
Dementia patients struggle to cope with change because of damage to general intelligence brain networks. People with dementia struggle to adapt to changes in their…
Researchers from the University of Cambridge used 3D printing to create grids of high-rise ‘nano-housing’ where sun-loving bacteria can grow quickly. The researchers were then…
Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste. The researchers, from the University…
False-color image of impact recrystallized phosphate mineral in Chelyabinsk meteorite. Credit: Craig Walton A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout…
Water flowing into a moulin and down to the bed of Store Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Poul Christoffersen Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting…
Geoengineering aims to intervene in Earth’s climate to fight global warming. A group of 60 scientists called for a moratorium on solar geoengineering last month,…
Apple blossoms during spring. Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for…
The study was led by researchers from the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) and the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge. Breast…
Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has diminished during the pandemic, according to a “mega-dataset” taking in attitudes of over…
Magma ocean artist’s concept. Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s…
The findings are not a reason to fear hedgehogs, say the researchers. Credit: Pia B. Hansen Scientists have found evidence that a type of the…
Global port-to-port traffic network of all ships that visited Antarctica from 2014-2018. Credit: David Aldridge Marine life hitching a ride on ocean-crossing ships poses a…