science wire

A new study sheds light on a previously overlooked mechanism of soil erosion that occurs just after raindrops hit the ground. The research was conducted in part by Bertil Trottet, an EPFL physicist who also runs a family tree farm in Féchy. What does the study of the physics of particle entrainment have to do with apple-growing along the coast of Lake Geneva? The answer lies in the parallel activities carried out by Bertil Trottet.

Sports talent scouts' decisions are influenced by various common cognitive biases that can affect their work and undermine team success, a paper published in the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology has suggested. The research team reviewed the scientific and popular literature in the field covering close to 200 cognitive biases, or logical fallacies that result in decisions being less than fully rational.

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers.

Far from the common assumption of a strictly binary division of labour, the roles of women and men in Neolithic Europe were both clearly differentiated and flexible.

A new study published in Conservation Biology shows that geotagged social media photos can significantly improve biodiversity datasets, especially in regions underrepresented in global monitoring efforts.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new way to design Earth-observation satellite missions that could help protect the space environment while continuing to deliver vital data for tackling global challenges, such as climate change, food production, supply chain vulnerabilities and environmental degradation.

Andrea Cavalli has been a researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) since 2012 and has served as the Director of the Computational Structural Biology Laboratory since 2016.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Gayatree MISHRA , a doctoral candidate from IISER Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

Climate change is not just an environmental issue. Lint Barrage examines how it influences the global economy - and argues that the economic risks are already apparent today.

The bad news: weight bias exists in medicine. The good news: researchers have found promising interventions to support medical students to provide weight-inclusive care.

M illions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome , and a new study from the University of Waterloo explores why and how the fungal disease has devastated bat populations on this continent, wh ile it has had little effect on bats in Europe. White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal pathogen in bats caused by the psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans.

Dr Maciej Pawlik (UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction) highlights East London's recent flooding in an article for The Conversation written with a colleague, where they recommend improved flood defences, greater green infrastructure and raised community awareness.

In 2021, Pierre Stallforth, Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry and Palaeobiotechnology at the University of Jena, and his team from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biol

Posted on: 12 February 2026 SmartScape brings together experts to explore explore how Dublin's existing telecommunications infrastructure can be transformed into a powerful, city-scale sensing platform.

The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change, which are the most widespread threats with the greatest impact across the planet. This is one of the main conclusions of an article led by researchers Pol Capdevila, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) at the University of Barcelona, and Duncan O'Brien, from the University of Bristol (United Kingdom).

University of Warwick scientists has found that firmer, lower water content hydrogels limit bacterial growth, with implications for designing antibacterial coatings, infection models, and advanced medical materials. Hydrogels are soft, jelly-like materials that can absorb large amounts of water. They are widely used in medical technologies such as contact lenses and wound dressings, and are also a staple of laboratory research, where they are used to grow bacteria.

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at hospital compared to insertion afterwards, suggests a modelling study led by researchers at UCL and the Severn Major Trauma Network. The researchers found that prehospital emergency intubation of high-risk trauma patients could improve 30-day survival by 10.3%, and could save 170 lives each year in the UK.

Crisis volunteering A portion of the population is ready to take action when crisis hits and others need help. According to researchers from the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen, these individuals make up a civilian emergency corps of volunteers. But they are not necessarily the same volunteers you know from traditional associations such as your local sports club.

Local and yet exclusive, natural and yet high-tech: Spalted wood combines contradictions. This very special wood is characterized by patterns of fine black lines, which it owes to a fungus.

When disaster strikes, every minute counts. New scientific research shows that UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), commonly referred to as drones, can play an important role in delivering emergency aid more quickly and efficiently.

Study shows intermittent fasting is effective for people with Crohn's Disease who want to lose weight UCalgary and UBCO researchers find improvements in symptoms and body composition when time-restri