2021

Fishermen have always competed to get the biggest fish. New research show that this has a negative, long term impact on the whole ecosystem.

The landscape where the mammoths lived is often pictured as a dry, cold steppe. But this may not be true according to a new study.

Batteries are essential for a future with more renewable energy. Visit the lab where researchers are developing what might be tomorrow’s battery technology.

When lithium ions are forced rapidly through a battery, they might get stuck and turn into lithium metal, no longer able to move through the battery.

Volcanic CO2 triggered the Permian extinction 252 million years ago. “This is highly relevant to present-day climate change,” professor says.

Words change meaning almost without us noticing. Artificial intelligence can detect when and how.

New toxic chemicals can be transferred directly from mother to offspring in killer whales. The calf had not eaten anything other than his mother's milk.

That is, if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Human action matters”, says Professor Regine Hock.

Groundbreaking study confirms that glaciers are becoming thinner. The trend is also about to turn for the few glaciers that were still growing.

With funding from ERC, Francois Renard hopes to get closer to solving one of the major subjects of the geosciences: How do we predict earthquakes?

New insight into how antimicrobial peptides destroy the membrane may help in designing better drugs against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.

This is the first quadruped robot that is able to automatically adapt its morphology to different conditions in unstructured outdoor environments.

Which of these Mars images says the most about what the planet really looks like? Researchers are encouraged to become more aware when colouring.