Researchers look for answers as to why western bumblebees are declining
The decline of the Western bumblebee is likely not limited to one culprit but, instead,…
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Asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world…
Global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Scientists ran a series of simulations to produce the most elaborate set of projections to…
Global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Scientists ran a series of simulations to produce the most elaborate set of projections to…
Global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Scientists ran a series of simulations to produce the most elaborate set of projections to…
SwRI scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
Scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age…
Global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Scientists ran a series of simulations to produce the most elaborate set of projections to…
Historic floods reveal how salt marshes can protect us
By digging into major historic records of flood disasters, a research team reveals that the…
SwRI scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
Scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age…
SwRI scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
Scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age…
New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from…
Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time
Bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech…
Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns
Humans and monkeys may not speak the same lingo, but our ways of thinking are…
Blood pressure connected to eye health in young children
Children with impaired microvascular health developed higher systolic blood pressure over the course of a…
Soft coral garden discovered in Greenland’s deep sea
A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters using an innovative…
Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery
Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate…
First measurement of spin-orbit alignment on planet Beta Pictoris b
Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet, demonstrating…
Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics
Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research suggests. Read Original…
Researchers print, tune graphene sensors to monitor food freshness, safety
Researchers are using high-resolution printing technology and the unique properties of graphene to make low-cost…
Pregnancy stereotypes can lead to workplace accidents
A study of pregnant women in physically demanding jobs found that their fears of confirming…
First completely remote at-sea science expedition in Australia’s coral sea marine park
Scientists working remotely with Schmidt Ocean Institute, one of the only at-sea science expeditions to…
Promising treatment to slow kidney disease doesn’t prove out in clinical trial
Progression of kidney disease in type 1 diabetes is correlated with increased amounts of uric…
Massive Saharan dust aerosol blanket
Dust storms from Africa’s Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but…
International team of scientists warns of increasing threats posed by invasive species
A new study describes the proliferation of alien invasive species and the dangers they pose….
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Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution
Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and…
Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem
A research team has excavated over 1300 eggshell fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation…
Global economic stability could be difficult to recover in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, finds study
New analysis suggests that the economies of countries such as America, the United Kingdom and…
Children more resilient against coronavirus, study reveals
Most children with COVID-19 fared better than adults during the first four months of the…
Many families must ‘dance’ their way to COVID-19 survival, study finds
Researchers have been studying how families plan ahead and make decisions about family care and…
Measuring air pollution could help London transport planners fight COVID-19
Measuring air quality across London could help fight COVID-19 by providing a rapid means of…
Bizarre saber-tooth predator from South America was no saber-tooth cat
A new study has shown that not all saber-tooths were fearsome predators. Read Original Article:…
Why are plants green?
When sunlight shining on a leaf changes rapidly, plants must protect themselves from the ensuing…
Motions in the Sun reveal inner workings of sunspot cycle
The Sun’s convection zone plays a key role in the generation and evolution of the…
Monster black hole found in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found. It is the first quasar to…
New study looks at post-COVID-19 emerging disease in children
In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with prior…
Hubble watches the ‘flapping’ of cosmic bat shadow in the Serpens Nebula
The young star HBC 672 is known by its nickname of Bat Shadow because of…
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
There’s some good news in New Jersey about a potentially deadly tick-borne bacterium. Researchers examined…
Climate extremes will cause forest changes
No year has been as hot and dry as 2018 since climate records began. Central…
Black hole collision may have exploded with light
Astronomers have seen what appears to the first light ever detected from a black hole…
Analysis of rates of police-related fatalities finds significant race-related differences
A new study analyzes and describes U.S. police-involved fatalities across racial/ethnic groups at the level…
Far-UVC light safely kills airborne coronaviruses, study finds
A type of ultraviolet light called far-UVC — which is safe to use around people…
Protein in mitochondria appears to regulate health and longevity
A new study is the first to demonstrate that a tiny protein, humanin, has a…
Twitter posts reveal polarization in Congress on COVID-19
The rapid politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic can be seen in messages members of the…
Rogue’s gallery of dusty star systems reveals exoplanet nurseries
The Gemini Planet Imager on the Gemini South telescope looked at 104 young, nearby stars,…
How water in the deep Earth triggers earthquakes and tsunamis
Scientists provide the first conclusive evidence directly linking deep Earth’s water cycle and its expressions…
Orb hidden in distant dust is ‘infant’ planet
The discovery could help astronomers understand how planets like Earth form and evolve. Read Original…
Every moment of ultrafast chemical bonding now captured on film
Scientists report the direct observation of the birthing moment of chemical bonds by tracking real-time…
Levitating droplets allow scientists to perform ‘touchless’ chemical reactions
Levitation has long been a staple of magic tricks and movies. But in the lab,…
X-ray scattering enables closer scrutiny of the interior of planets and stars
An international research team has now presented a new, very precise method of evaluating the…
Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material
A team used an infrared laser to cool a solid semiconductor by at least 20…