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Russian researchers have proposed a way to improve glass containers used by manufacturers of various food products, particularly vegetable oils. The method consists of applying transparent protective films of indium tin oxide (ITO) to the…

Fossils of some of Earth’s first macroscopic animals – the roughly 550-million-year-old Ediacara biota – have been identified from rocks that record Australia’s ancient shorelines.Scientists had thought that these archaic lifeforms lived…

The Mixed Classroom team of Utrecht University wins one of the three Dutch Hogeronderwijspremies external linkfor universities, issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The team from the Urban Futures Studio (UFS) has a…

Scientists have discovered a signal that causes the roots of plants to stop growing in hard soils, which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil – a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the driest…

Exeter researcher awarded "frontiers of knowledge" prize for science of climate change adaptationA University of Exeter researcher is one of three winners of this year's BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award.Professor Neil Adger,…

Just like humans trying to stick to New Year's resolutions, guppies have varying levels of self-control, a new study shows.Researchers from the University of Exeter and Ghent University studying the behaviours of Trinidadian guppies…

Foraging humans find food, reproduce, share parenting, and even organise their social groups in similar ways as surrounding mammal and bird species, depending on where they live in the world, new research has found.The study, published…

Professor Peter Cullen, a Wellcome Trust Investigator from the School of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol, has been awarded the Royal Society Noreen Murray Professorship to expand his research into neurological sciences.The…

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded an $8 million grant to researchers and professors in the Texas A&M University College of Education & Human Development for serving English learners and economically challenged students…

Disasters in high-risk industries can have catastrophic environmental, financial and human safety consequences. One way these industries help prevent and mitigate disasters is formal procedures designed to standardize how work is done.…