The meteors are unusual in that they’re multi-coloured - some yellow, green, red and blue - due to the presence of trace elements.
Taking inspiration from nature, researchers created a green light-stabilized 3D polymer structure that unfolds itself when left in darkness - the first reported...
Half a billion people depend on coral reefs for food, income, coastal protection and more. The need to protect and restore their biodiversity is urgent.
Chemists from RUDN University discovered previously unknown derivatives of chitin, a biopolymer that forms the exoskeletons of insects and carapaces of crayfish...
Chemists synthesized soluble biopolymers based on chitin from crab shells. Together with palladium, they form effective catalysts for organic reactions, and their...
A new report on the status of 241 World Heritage Sights has listed the Great Barrier Reef and 16 other sights as in critical condition.
We can learn a lot about climate change from Venus, our sister planet. Venus currently has a surface temperature of 450℃ (the temperature of an oven's...
Optics researchers from The University of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs in the US have developed a new technique to demonstrate the time reversal of optical...
Stargazers are in for a treat this Christmas as Jupiter and Saturn are closing in on a 'great conjunction' on December 21.
The Japanese space agency (JAXA) says it has begun opening the capsule returned to Earth by its historic Hayabusa2 mission – and has confirmed asteroid samples...