There is ongoing disagreement between the popularly elected European Parliament and the executives in the European Commission over approvals of “genetically modified” (GM) crops, which are made with modern molecular
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Fortified walls marking national borders are preventing hundreds of wild animals from migrating in an attempt to escape the effects of climate change, according to a paper published in the
The goals of the Paris Agreement aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will never be achieved without considerable changes in farming practices, according to a study published in Nature (1).
Toddlers spending too much time using touchscreens are more easily distracted and have shorter attention spans, warn British researchers. The study, recently published in Scientific Reports (1), showed that infants
New method by Japanese researchers improves long-term stability of perovskite solar panels
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Japanese researchers developed a new method to build large perovskite solar panels with a longer lifespan than ever achieved, according to a new study published on Advanced Energy Materials (1).
We all know that littering is bad, but now scientists found that rubbish can actually have a positive effect on our waterways. In polluted urban rivers, invertebrates, like insects, snails
Amidst heated debate over nutritional and origin labelling for food products in Europe, the European Commission is now undertaking a public consultation on food labels – covering nutrition and origin,
The Arctic Ocean is being “pervasively” polluted with plastic microfibres that are likely shed by synthetic clothing in the washing machine, according to a new study published on 12 January