Study shows how changes in family ties are associated with mental health among older adults in China
There are roughly 220 million adults in China age 65 or older, more than twice as many as 20 years ago, with 1 in 5…
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Tiny fossils crack a Cretaceous cold case: Ocean acidification triggered one of the ocean's most severe extinctions
A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic…
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New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from 'ghost' ancestors
UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of…
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SMOS mission could offer early indicator of El Niño
Sea-surface salinity, the concentration of dissolved salts in the upper layer of the ocean, is much more than a measure…
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Rainfall across the US is increasingly coming from farther away
Before rain falls, the moisture that forms it may have traveled anywhere from just a few kilometers to hundreds or even…
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Ancient smallpox genomes reveal how European colonization brought the disease to the Americas
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recovered and analyzed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever…
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Before North and South America were connected, their mammals found a way to intermingle
Until the Panamanian isthmus formed about 2.8 million years ago, North and South America were isolated continents with…
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Flexible working could help more women lead family businesses, researchers say
Digital workplace innovation could help more women entrepreneurs become leaders of family firms by making it easier to…
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Light's hidden properties save quantum information from the chaos of bad weather
For years, researchers have tried to harness the "twist" of light to transmit data. This property describes how light…
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Volcanic eruptions in Pacific Ring of Fire may have cooled Earth for centuries
For around 12,000 years, the Earth has been in the Holocene epoch, a warmer period following a glacial period. During…
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Advances in AI-designed base editors pave the way for next-generation gene therapy
A joint research team led by Daesik Kim, a professor in the Department of Medicine at Sungkyunkwan University, along…
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Satellite imagery could protect trees from devastating moth outbreaks
Satellite-derived maps of defoliation caused by European spongy moths—a devastating U.S. forest pest that consumes the…
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Climate change increases wildfire risks in Yosemite and other national parks
New UC Berkeley-led research indicates that continued climate change could severely increase wildfire above natural…
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Public research and development money can unlock private investment and lasting economic growth
Strategic public investment in research and development (R&D) can begin boosting economic activity immediately,…
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Amazonian 'zombie' fungus harbors a hidden stage inside forest mosses, new study reveals
A team led by researchers at the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), in Manaus, has found evidence that…
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Biosphere reserves: Allies against deforestation in the Western Amazon
Biosphere reserves help curb deforestation in the Western Amazon and, taken together, have prevented the loss of more…
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Physicists link the Riemann Hypothesis to phase transitions in quantum systems
A new study in Nature Communications has established a link between the Riemann Hypothesis and dynamical phase…
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Scientists advance space agriculture for future moon and Mars missions
Space isn't known for rich soil or ideal agricultural conditions anywhere in the solar system. Yet amid extreme…
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Neutron star collisions may forge gold more slowly than expected
Where do gold, platinum and uranium come from? This question has fascinated astrophysicists and nuclear physicists for…
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Scabies can kill animals like the beloved wombat. What's the best way to diagnose it?
Constant scratching, bumpy skin and tufts of lost fur. Those are just some of the signs that an animal has scabies, a…
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Surface engineering advances mitochondrial transplantation as a potential therapeutic strategy
Inside almost every cell in our bodies are tiny structures called organelles that keep us alive and functioning. Among…
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Tracking satellites and space debris using radio antennae
Every year, thousands of satellites are launched into orbit around our planet. The result is an increasingly congested…
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Listening to songbird dreams for clues to how sleeping brains learn
Entering and manipulating dreams may sound like science fiction, but for Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Walter Gonzalez,…
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Ancient DNA reveals Ice Age humans targeted female woolly mammoths
Analyzing ancient DNA from more than 500 mammoth bones, an international team of researchers found that Ice Age humans…
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Water and functional diversity increase stability in temperate and Mediterranean forests
Research involving the UAB and CREAF has examined the factors that help forests maintain stable productivity over time…
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Hiroshima blast debris reveals a previously unknown alloy
The Hiroshima blast on Aug. 6, 1945, was one of the most devastating events in human history. Like all nuclear…
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Drone cameras can measure pigments indicating surface health of dryland soils
Drylands soils are being degraded by human activities and climate change, threatening the thin living layers covering…
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Does misinformation on Facebook and Instagram change what you believe?
For years, social media companies have faced pressure from users and government watchdogs to stop misinformation from…
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One LED produces four stable colors at room temperature
Full-color displays normally require separate red, green and blue light emitters. A team from the University of Osaka…
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New research shows the Golgi complex is involved in DNA repair control
Our DNA is under constant threat. Chemicals, radiation and the everyday errors of cell division all damage it, and if…
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Neptune's inner moons may be shattered remains of ancient icy worlds
In 1989, the Voyager 2 mission discovered six new moons orbiting Neptune, including five tiny ones that orbit just…
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An atom-holography microscope for direct visualization of 3D atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions
A collaborative research group led by Hiroshi Daimon, a specially appointed research fellow at the Institute for…
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Your shampoo routine could be driving household water waste, new study says
Everyday shower habits, such as applying shampoo or pausing the water while washing, are driving up water waste, argues…
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May, June heat waves caused 2,877 extra deaths in England: govt
Record-breaking heat waves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, the UK Health Security…
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Mapping endangered habitats with the help of citizen scientists and satellite data
As biodiversity declines and many of the UK's most important habitats become smaller and more fragmented, conservation…
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Two Arctic charr populations evolved in less than a century, study finds
Evolution, the process through which animals and other living organisms change their inherited traits over time,…
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