Most countries struggle to meet climate pledges from 2009
Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set…
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Twisted pollen tubes induce infertility
Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes, known as polyploids, are salt-tolerant or drought-resistant and often…
Quantum electronics: Charge travels like light in bilayer graphene
An international research team has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move…
Deadly bacteria show thirst for human blood
Some of the world’s deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered…
Creating an island paradise in a fusion reactor
In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it…
Researchers can help shipowners achieve ambitious climate targets
International shipping does not want to be a climate bad guy and is aiming to…
Crucial connection for ‘quantum internet’ made for the first time
Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step…
Teen stress may raise risk of postpartum depression in adults
A research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in…
Scientists identify cell vulnerability ‘fingerprint’ related to Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia
A new study offers a first look into the complex molecular changes that occur in…
Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains
A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding…
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Family and media pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media,…
Illuminating the path to hearing recovery
Scientists aim to uncover the mysteries surrounding a specific receptor protein associated with hearing. Read…
AI enhances physician-patient communication
A study shows that AI enhances physician-patient communication. Read Original Article: AI enhances physician-patient communication…
Hidden threat: Global underground infrastructure vulnerable to sea-level rise
As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also…
How Pluto got its heart
The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally…
Unlocking the ‘chain of worms’
An international team of scientists has published a single-cell atlas for Pristina leidyi (Pristina), the…
Millions of gamers advance biomedical research
4.5 million gamers around the world have advanced medical science by helping to reconstruct microbial…
Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs
Researchers have found that microplastics — are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways,…
GeoAI technologies for sustainable urban development
From heatwaves to pandemic diseases, the urban environments of the world face numerous challenges. Researchers…
Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1
Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of…
Digging up new species of Australia and New Guinea’s giant fossil kangaroos
Palaeontologists have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New…
Evolution’s recipe book: How ‘copy paste’ errors cooked up the animal kingdom
A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions…
Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings according to new research
Researchers have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the U.S. that leverages…
Tropical forests can’t recover naturally without fruit-eating birds
Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon….
Green-to-red transformation of Euglena gracilis using bonito stock and intense red light
Euglena gracilis, often regarded as a ‘superfood,’ is a promising microalga with many health and…
Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria…
Even the simplest marine organisms tend to be individualistic
Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too,…
Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope
Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the…
New radar analysis method can improve winter river safety
Researchers have developed a way to use radar to detect open water zones and other…
School suspensions and exclusions put vulnerable children at risk
Managing problematic student behavior is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing…
Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression
Innovative carbon beads reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are linked to…
Cell’s ‘garbage disposal’ may have another role: Helping neurons near skin sense the environment
The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind…
Study reveals potential to reverse lung fibrosis using the body’s own healing technique
A recent study uncovers a pathway used during normal wound healing that has the potential…
Where have all the right whales gone?
Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species…
Inherited predisposition for higher muscle strength may protect against common morbidities
A study showed that a genetic predisposition for higher muscle strength predicts a longer lifespan…
A novel machine learning model for the characterization of material surfaces
Machine learning (ML) enables the accurate and efficient computation of fundamental electronic properties of binary…
Bonobos are more aggressive than previously thought
Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature —…
How seaweed became multicellular
A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or…
Scientists uncover a missing link between poor diet and higher cancer risk
A research team has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer…
Microbial food as a strategy food production of the future
Scientists have summarized microbial food production strategies. Read Original Article: Microbial food as a strategy…
Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star
In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm…
Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first time
An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three…
Iconic savanna mammals face genetic problems due to fences and roads
Wildebeest migrations have become a rarer sight in Africa as humans continue to interrupt their…
Innovative antiviral defense with new CRISPR tool
The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight…
PFAS exposure from high seafood diets may be underestimated
A study suggests that people with diets high in seafood may face a greater risk…
Exoplanets true to size
A star’s magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of…
Choosing sugary drinks over fruit juice for toddlers linked to risk of adult obesity
Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor…
Melanomas resist drugs by ‘breaking’ genes
A study has disentangled the mechanisms behind one of the ways melanoma cancer cells develop…
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Africa’s iconic flamingos threatened by rising lake levels
It is one of the world’s most spectacular sights — huge flocks or ‘flamboyances’ of…
Cells putting on a face
Neural crest cells — embryonic pluripotent cells within the facial primordium — may be necessary…