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Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impacts
Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of oil and gas drilling are often focused on…
Spintronics: Giant Rashba semiconductors show unconventional dynamics with potential applications
Germanium telluride is a strong candidate for use in functional spintronic devices due to its giant…
Climate evolution in the Southeast Indian Ocean during the Miocene
The Miocene, 23 to 5 million years ago, was an important period for the formation of…
Stronger integration of international negotiations needed to protect the ocean
International solutions are needed to protect the ocean. Two sets of regulations currently under development offer…
Climate warming could deepen environmental injustice in urban areas
Extreme heat events could become more intense and frequent both locally and globally, increasing the risk…
'Supergene' wreaks havoc in a genome
The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their…
Shedding new light on coral's Black Band Disease
UNC-Chapel Hill biologists examine the links between microbial mats and a type of coral disease that…
Study explores unusual interaction between viruses, live vaccines
A study of a herpes virus that infects chickens offers new insights into potentially problematic interactions…
Sizing up special light to downsize particle accelerators
Researchers have developed a new technique to better measure special “terahertz” light. This light travels in…