Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health and productivity.
Sheep Gene Study May Help Breed Healthier Animals
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Developing Roads That Can Generate Power From Passing Traffic
Researchers are looking at advanced materials for roads and pavements that could generate electricity from passing traffic.
Urgent Emission Reductions Needed to Achieve 1.5°C Warming Limit
Significant emission reductions are required if we are to achieve one of the key goals of the Paris Agreement, and limit the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C; a new Oxford University partnership warns.
Report Suggests Love of the Seas Could be the Key for Plastic Pollution Solution
Tapping into the public’s passion for the ocean environment could be the key to reducing the threats posed to it by plastic pollution, a new report suggests.
NASA Sees Talim Now Extra-Tropical
Tropical Storm Talim made landfall on Kyushu, the large island of southwestern Japan, where it weakened to an extra-tropical storm. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of the storm after its transition.
Changes in Earth's Crust Caused Oxygen to Fill the Atmosphere
Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s atmosphere filled with oxygen. UBC geologist Matthijs Smit and research partner Klaus Mezger may have found the answer in continental rocks that are billions of years old.
