4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (648+ words) image: Prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, known as the Devil's Arrow view more Credit: University of York Researchers have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (582+ words) image: Devil's Arrows, Yorkshire. Credit - Dr Jim Leary view more Credit: Dr Jim Leary New research has revealed ancient builders deliberately transported enormous 25-tonne stones across at least 18 kilometres (11 miles) to build Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row - the iconic…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (439+ words) Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most important indicators of ecosystem health, increased by 7% in 2025, according to researchers at William & Mary’s VIMS & Batten School. The results highlight the substantial progress made since underwater grass coverage reached historic…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (130+ words) image: Global spatial distribution of the dominant factors of the 13 representative eWUEs from 2001 to 2015. The 6 driving factors include air temperature (Ta), vapor pressure deficit (VPD), atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (Ca), leaf area index (LAI), precipitation (P), and downwelling shortwave radiation (SW).....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) New review calls for better coastal observations to predict Antarctic ice loss image: A new, international, community-led scientific review warns that major gaps in knowledge along Antarctica’s coast are now one of the biggest obstacles to reliably predicting future global…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) Sensory ecologist Ralph Simon proposed the SELFCURE project to investigate whether bats self-medicate and if their behaviors change when they’re sick or recovering from illness. Together with Dan Becker, and Rachel Page applied to and were awarded a grant from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) Bielefeld team explains why microcline is so effective image: Dr Florian Schneider (left) and Prof Dr Angelika Kühnle (right) from Bielefeld University use the atomic force microscope to investigate ice crystal formation on microcline surfaces. view more Key facts at…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (886+ words) image: A stony meteorite in NASA Ames Research Center's Arcjet Interaction Heating Facility. A thin black line outlines the holder that supports the stone (left). Air flow is from left to right. Melt flows from the meteorite surface and a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) Credit: Simon Fraser University Sometimes science throws up the unexpected. When a team of researchers set out to model river erosion in Canada’s High Arctic, they did not expect the findings to defy common sense. “We literally expected to see…...