It is plant-based, sustainable, scalable and incredibly strong. And thus a promising solution to the comprehensive plastic problem.
Pollution from single-use plastics is one...
The so-called Neptune grass forms underwater meadows on some Mediterranean coasts. (Image: Hydra Marine Sciences GmbH)
Fertilized by tiny things in the roots: The...
A thorough search for the sterile neutrino has turned up nothing.
The Standard Model of particle physics is very clear about neutrinos: the subatomic, elementary...
The faeces of hungry caterpillars have been shown to act as fertilizer for aquatic microbes, which in turn release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Major...
Projected changes in global crop yields. (Image: NASA / Katy Mersmann)
Warmer temperatures, changed precipitation patterns and more CO2 in the atmosphere: Climate change...
A very unpleasant surprise.
Some time ago, an international team of researchers – including scientists from Utrecht University – traveled to the high Alps to...
A new report from the World Meteorological Organization makes it clear: Climate change is currently transforming our planet before our very eyes.
At the moment,...
It's living science. Everyone who walks, runs or cycles across the bridge contributes to the collection of important information about the construction.
It is...
It is the first time that researchers have discovered that California condors can apparently also reproduce in this special way.
It's an extraordinary discovery: condors...