Food presentation plays an important role in a diner’s perception. Researchers in Japan found that diners perceived a sturgeon-filet dish as significantly healthier when its sauces were placed ...

Spectroscopy has long been used to identify substances and probe their structures through characteristic absorption, emission, vibrational, and diffraction signals. Yet conventional spectral analysis ...

Nitrobenzene can enter wastewater from industrial activities and resists many conventional treatment methods. Existing approaches may require added chemicals or convert the pollutant into intermediate ...

When water runs short, plants that invest more biomass in roots relative to shoots stand a better chance of survival. A higher root-to-shoot ratio (R/S) means greater water uptake capacity and less ...

Fast-growing woods like balsa are abundant and lightweight, but their low strength and tendency to swell in humid conditions keep them out of structural applications. One common fix is to fill wood’s ...

Nordland in arctic Norway is home to the world's largest cold-water coral reef, yet most of the people that live there have never seen it. Researchers are now investigating how these corals are ...

With Western Australia projected to record the nation’s fastest growth in dementia cases, a new Curtin University-led resource aims to help people protect their brain health and reduce their risk.

Study by the University of Bonn shows that political rhetoric alone can change people’s behavior The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro contributed to deforestation with statements opposing ...

Die „Strategie 2040“, die neue Strategie von EUMETSAT für das nächste Jahrzehnt, wurde heute auf der EUMETSAT-Konferenz für Wettersatelliten in Darmstadt offiziell vorgestellt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen ...

Professor Do Hyun Ryu’s research team in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed two new asymmetric catalytic methods for the precise synthesis of complex molecules ...

Pioneering research shows that D/deaf adults (a term encompassing both those with medical hearing loss and the cultural identity of the deaf community) can detect objects further into their peripheral ...

The research octane number (RON) is a critical measure of a fuel's resistance to engine knocking. Fuels with higher RON allow spark-ignition engines to operate at higher compression ratios, improving ...