New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated
The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the…
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Wisdom, loneliness and your intestinal multitude
Scientists have taken the connection between wisdom, loneliness and biology one step further, reporting that…
Soft robotic dragonfly signals environmental disruptions
Engineers have developed an electronics-free, entirely soft robot shaped like a dragonfly that can skim…
‘Climbing droplets’ could lead to more efficient water harvesting
Researchers have discovered that a novel surface they developed to harvest water from the air…
Ancient megafaunal mutualisms and extinctions as factors in plant domestication
The development of agriculture is often thought of as a human innovation in response to…
The very first structures in the Universe
The first moments of the Universe can be reconstructed mathematically even though they cannot be…
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Arctic sponge survival in the extreme deep-sea
Researchers from the SponGES project collected year-round video footage and hydrodynamic data from the mysterious…
New insights into close encounters between albatross and fishing vessels
A novel analysis of encounters between albatross and commercial fishing vessels across the North Pacific…
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Revealing nano big bang: Scientists observe the first milliseconds of crystal formation
Scientists recruited a world-leading microscope to capture atomic-resolution, high-speed images of gold atoms self-organizing, falling…
How tiny machines become capable of learning
Living organisms, from bacteria to animals and humans, can perceive their environment and process, store…
Technology uses ‘single’ approach to develop electronics, acoustics
An innovator developed a new approach to creating popular thin films for devices across a…
Scientists find evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth’s cells
Scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the…
Engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Filters made from tree branches can purify drinking water sources, a new study finds. Prototypes…
Anabolic androgenic steroids accelerate brain aging
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), a synthetic version of the male sex hormone testosterone, are sometimes…
Leaky blood-brain barrier linked to brain tissue damage in brain aging disease
Now a new study has found that people with cerebral small vessel disease who have…
Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen
Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion a…
Ancient Maya houses show wealth inequality is tied to despotic governance
Archaeologists examined the remains of houses in ancient Maya cities and compared them with other…
Decline in black cherry regeneration may herald wider forest change
Reasons for more than a decade of black cherry regeneration decline in the Allegheny Hardwood…
Shining a healing light on the brain
Scientists report a novel noninvasive treatment for brain disorders based on breakthroughs in both optics…
Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming
A new study projecting the amount of heat stress residents of the region will experience…
Zooming in on muscle cells
An international team has produced the first high-resolution 3D image of the sarcomere, the basic…
Aerosol formation in clouds
Researchers have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the…
Weird earthquake reveals hidden mechanism
The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an…
Rodenticides in the environment pose threats to birds of prey
Over the past decades, the increased use of chemicals in many areas led to environmental…
How humans develop larger brains than other apes
A new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with…
Shame of contracting COVID-19 can prevent individuals declaring infection to authorities
Feelings of shame and stigmatisation at the idea of contracting COVID-19 are linked to lower…
Older than expected: Teeth reveal the origin of the tiger shark
A team of researchers has examined the fossil record of these apex predators and found…
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
Scientists have demonstrated how to image samples of heavy elements as small as a single…
Clues to start of Earth’s supercontinent cycle
A research has uncovered solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent cycle of…
Once-in-a-century UK wildfire threats could happen most years by end of century
Researchers looked at current frequency of weather conditions in the UK that present ‘very high’…
Extreme temperatures, heat stress and forced migration
Heat extremes will lead to climate-induced waves of migration toward the cooler north. Read Original…
Wafer-thin nanopaper changes from firm to soft at the touch of a button
Materials science likes to take nature and the special properties of living beings that could…
Rugby study identifies new method to diagnose concussion using saliva
A study of top-flight UK rugby players has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion…
Researchers hunt for drugs that keep HIV latent
When the human immunodeficiency virus infects cells, it can either exploit the cells to start…
Scientists observe complex tunable magnetism in a topological material
Scientists have observed novel helical magnetic ordering in the topological compound EuIn2As2 which supports exotic…
Changes in Antarctic marine ecosystems
Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects…
With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, vegetation emerges as major source
Organic aerosol pollutants have decreased in the Los Angeles area due to strict vehicle emissions…
Union-friendly states enjoy higher economic growth, individual earnings
New research shows that state laws designed to hinder union activity and indulge corporate entities…
New technology allows researchers to image wetland soil activity in real time
Researchers to create a new camera allowing for the imaging of wetland soil activity in…
More than words: Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences
New research involving neuroimaging and A.I., describes the complex network within the brain that comprehends…
Domestication and industrialization lead to similar changes in gut microbiota
Domestication has a consistent effect on the gut microbiota of animals and is similar to…
Engineering of Mississippi River has kept carbon out of atmosphere, study says
Geoscientists show that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended…
New test traces DNA origins to monitor transplant rejection and reveal hidden cancers
A new technique that can trace which tissues and organs the DNA in our blood…
Rare fossilized algae, discovered unexpectedly, fill in evolutionary gaps
When a geobiology graduate student trekked into the mountains of Canada’s remote Yukon territory, she…
Corals may need their predators’ excrement
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with feces. Marine biologists found high…
The lambs break their silence
A study of ancient bones shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels…
How human cells coordinate the start of DNA replication
The first step in DNA replication requires the assembly of a group of proteins called…
Rare genetic variant puts some younger men at risk of severe COVID-19
A subset of young men carry a genetic variant that dampens innate immunity to COVID-19…
Cephalopods: Older than was thought?
Earth scientists have discovered possibly the oldest cephalopods in Earth’s history. The 522 million-year-old fossils…
‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death
Researchers analyzed gene expression in fresh brain tissue and found that gene expression in some…