Devastating year for Switzerland’s glaciers
The Claridenfirn glacier in canton Glarus is completely free of snow in September 2026. Credit: M Huss. More than 5% of Swiss glacial ice vanished in 2026 following an exceptionally warm, dry summer, and a winter with little snow. Nearly 20% of Switzerland’s glacier...
Honeybee silk could power smarter wound dressings
A sample of the bioengineered honeybee silk film. Credit: CSIRO. Biodegradable films made from engineered honeybee silk could form the basis of a new generation of ‘smart’ wound dressings. Recombinant honeybee silk can be bioengineered in a lab, allowing researchers...
Across cultures children help their peers, but in different ways
Although the ways in which children help their peers show subtle local nuances, the foundations of this behaviour are shared across cultures. Credit: © Henriette Zeidler. A new study by an international research team provides the first systematic, cross-cultural...