Global call to change the way we regulate salinity
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: Scientists have made an international call to change water quality standards, with the aim of protecting biodiversity from salt pollution of freshwater.
View ArticleGroupthink: too much connectivity may stifle innovation
CULTURAL CREATIVITY: Completely breaking down 'silos' could actually be the enemy of innovation, a study has found.
View ArticleNervous system found in 520-million-year-old crustacean like animal
OLD NERVES: A fossil of a 520-million-year-old animal is so well preserved that its individual nerve fibres are still visible, according to a new study on the crustacean-like creature that once lived...
View ArticleChronic stress speeds up spread of cancer through lymphatic system
CANCER MECHANISM: Stress acts as a "fertiliser" for cancer, helping it to spread through the body's lymphatic system, according to a study on mice.
View ArticleOldest-known fossil of a land-dwelling organism is a fungus
EARLY ADOPTERS: The beautifully preserved filaments from a fungus that lived 440 million years ago are the oldest-known fossils of a land-dwelling organism yet found, according to a new study
View ArticleMonster volcano may have given Mars an extreme makeover
SHAPE SHIFTER: A massive volcano on Mars spewed so much lava 3.5 billion years ago that the weight displaced the Red Planet's outer layers, according to a study that reconstructs the planet's geologic...
View ArticleHubble Space Telescope observes most distant galaxy ever seen
FAR AWAY IN TIME: Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that formed just 400 million years after the Big Bang explosion - the most distant galaxy found to date.
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