Antarctic radar data improves forecasts for Southern Hemisphere atmospheric rivers in tests
Weather forecasts in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) are generally less accurate than those in the Northern Hemisphere…
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New metal-free molecules glow deep red in water and boost MRI contrast in test images
Bioimaging technologies, such as fluorescence imaging (FI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are powerful tools in…
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What the smell of a soil can tell us about soil health
Farmers used to sniff their soil to gauge how healthy it was. According to ecologist Rosa Boone, you can deduce a great…
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Who is responsible for limiting global warming to 1.5°?
Even if industry rapidly becomes more sustainable, households will still need to change their lifestyles to meet…
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Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held
How are species boundaries maintained in the face of environmental disturbance? This is not only a fundamental question…
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Why volcanic crystals are black boxes for tracking magma's journey to the Earth's surface
When we think of a volcanic eruption, rivers of glowing lava or giant columns of ash come to mind. But beneath Earth's…
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Finding homes for whales and dolphins when parks close isn't easy—sea sanctuaries aren't the answer
When Marineland Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario, closed in September 2024, it had no regular income to support the…
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Can Bionic Reading really help you read faster? Scientists put it to the test
Bionic Reading is a method of bolding certain letters in words that is purported to facilitate reading speed and…
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Soil protection measures can make agri-photovoltaics more sustainable
Agri-photovoltaics combines electricity generation and agriculture on the same land—to ensure this works well in the…
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More moral language doesn't always mean more engagement online
Moral language—words and phrases that express ideas about right and wrong, virtues, fairness, harm and social…
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How has evolution shaped men's and women's minds? A new book tells an outdated story
Psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams' third book about evolutionary psychology, a controversial field often drawn on…
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Waste bulrush transformed into copper-enhanced material for dye removal from wastewater
Industrial activities such as textile manufacturing, paper production, leather processing and food processing can…
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Astronomers discover a radio galaxy with evidence of four separate jet outbursts
Astronomers have identified what may be the first example of a new class of radio galaxy, one whose central black hole…
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DNA reveals chemosynthesis genes in bacteria living on coral reef fish gills
Chemosynthetic bacteria have been documented in various marine environments and in association with invertebrate hosts…
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Powerful storm pummels Northeast US with rain, high winds
Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Sunday as an unusually powerful autumn storm…
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Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, with global AI weather models now…
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NEET with a disability: What's holding back visually impaired young people who want to work
I have been fortunate in my research to follow 80 young people with vision impairment over 11 years. I tracked their…
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Looking for #womenshealth information on Instagram? 4 out of 10 posts are ads
A woman in her 40s scrolls through Instagram. Between photos of friends, recipes and vacation photos, she comes across…
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Black hole jets reach far beyond galaxies' visible edges, potentially deciding their fate
Galaxies are enormous and hold hundreds of billions of stars. These stars form from cold, dense gas. Every large…
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Why earwigs infected by parasitic worms head towards water
Earwigs, small, elongated insects with distinctive pincers at the rear of their abdomens, have little reason to enter…
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Pumpkin-derived enzyme weakens peanut proteins' binding to allergy antibodies in lab tests
Peanut allergy is one of the most serious food allergies and can lead to sudden, life-threatening reactions.…
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Engineers teach spacecraft to 'dream' their way to the space station
Docking with the ISS may seem simple. However, actually doing so shows how difficult orbital mechanics can be. It's…
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Sparse layers of 10-nanometer silver particles boost CO production from CO₂
Electrolysis can reduce CO2 to CO, a raw material for chemical products such as fuels. Within the GreenQUEST project,…
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A real-time look inside spacecraft heat shields during extreme heat conditions
When a spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic velocities, its protective heat shield faces extreme…
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Crop protection: A new method for understanding insect sexual communication
A team of INRAE scientists, in collaboration with Université Côte d'Azur and Nanjing Agricultural University in China,…
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Lead isotopes trace Malawi's mysterious copper ingot hoard to Congo's Kipushi mine
In 1967, a Malawian farmer stumbled upon a hidden hoard of eight copper ingots buried beneath a tree. Now, more than…
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Molecular 'self-destruct' switch discovered: How stressed cells decide between survival and death
A new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has identified a molecular switch that controls whether…
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Digital textbooks significantly boost students' intrinsic learning motivation
A research team from The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and East China Normal University (ECNU) has…
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Millions in the US Northeast brace for a powerful storm
More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an…
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Canals full, roads submerged as Bangkok declares flood disaster
Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain…
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Indonesia fires threaten critically endangered orangutan: IUCN
Wildfires that tore through Indonesian Borneo's vast tropical forests have increased pressure on critically endangered…
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Guatemala ensures survival of vulnerable 'fossil' fish
In a freshwater canal surrounded by mangroves in southern Guatemala, hundreds of baby tropical gars—a torpedo-shaped…
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A 'library' of bacteria-killing viruses: Harnessing the power of phages
An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However,…
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Climate crisis is affecting children's nutrition
Wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events are no longer the only ways climate change affects children around…
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Breaking and entering: How parasites prepare host cells for invasion
Before the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can invade a cell, it has to know it has reached the right place. New research…
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How cells rapidly detect viruses that fuse with their membranes
Researchers have figured out a missing piece of the puzzle of how human cells detect invading viruses and mount an…
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