Scientists have discovered how fluorine – which we mainly know in the form of fluoride – is formed.
You've probably heard of fluorine, or fluoride....
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...
Fingerprints appear to contain valuable information about the exact actions that took place during a crime.
At present, fingerprints are mainly used in forensic research...
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...
It seems that rocky exoplanets are even stranger than thought.
Meanwhile, astronomers have already discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. ...
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...
And at a time when the number and severity of thunderstorms and lightning strikes from climate change is increasing, that's valuable information.
When it is...
View of the Montafon valley and excavations at the western end of the Knappagruaba. (Image: Rüdiger Krause / Goethe University Frankfurt)
Ores were mined...