Australian researchers have explored the impact of bushfires on estuaries in New South Wales, Australia’s largest…
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These mice grow bigger on the rainier sides of mountains: It might be a new rule of nature
Scientists studying mice from the Andes Mountains in Patagonia noticed something they couldn’t explain: the mice…
Researchers find link between health outcomes and sugarcane smoke exposure
A new study from a Florida State University team estimates that sugarcane fires in South Florida…
Treating antibiotic-resistant infections with peptides inspired by human saliva
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that impacts tens of millions of people each year worldwide. According…
Biologists address global extinction crisis
Brook trout are disappearing from American streams. Amphibian habitats are changing. Coral species are dying. …
American River Basin Study finds increasing temperatures will impact basin through rest of 21st century
The American River Basin in central California expects to see increasing temperatures and a declining snowpack…
Engineering atomic antennas for quantum sensing
Jennifer Choy makes atom-size antennas. They bear no resemblance to the telescoping rod that transmits pop…
Gun ownership in New Jersey: Who owns them and how safely do they store them?
The Rutgers New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center has gathered data to determine how common gun…
Climate change and ocean oxygen: Oxygen-poor zones shrank under past warm periods, scientists discover
In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed…
The story of evolution written in phosphorus
Phosphorus is one of the elements that is crucial for the construction of organisms and their…