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Lost puzzle piece involved in gene regulation revealed in search that began in water-loving, one-celled organism
After an intrepid, decade-long search, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a new role…
Microplastics deposited on the seafloor have tripled in 20 years
The total amount of microplastics deposited on the bottom of oceans has tripled in the past…
Five amazing plants and the endangered animals that depend on them
If you’ve found yourself here because you googled ‘why are plants important?’, we hope you’ve blocked…
Trees could be key protagonist for forest-grassland transitions
A study investigating the transition from forests to savannas and vice versa has found that trees…
Hawai'i earthquake swarm caused by magma moving through 'sills'
Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai’i appears…
Superscattering of water waves: Breaking the single channel scattering limit
The National Science Review recently published a study by Huaping Wang’s group at Zhejiang University. Inspired…
A nonlinear exceptional nexus with an ultra-enhanced signal-to-noise ratio
Prof. Duanduan Wan and Prof. Meng Xiao at the School of Physics of Wuhan University recently…
Could 'Peer Community In' be the revolution in scientific publishing we've all been waiting for?
In 2017, three researchers from the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE),…
Genoa is an example of how to rethink cultural heritage and urban sustainability
Urban planning has a long history, stretching back to Ancient Greece and even Mesopotamia. Many centuries…