The effects of global climate change already are resulting in the loss of sea ice, accelerated…
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Automation builds bigger, better ice tower reservoirs for high, dry farming
Towering artificial ice reservoirs called “ice stupas” have emerged since 2014 as an accessible means of…
A quest to digitize 1 million plant specimens
The Australian National Herbarium in Canberra is imaging nearly a million plant specimens using an automated…
Enabling ecological change amid climate change is key to preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services, says study
As the need to address climate change becomes increasingly urgent, so too does the concurrent need…
'Reductive' models of well-being education risk failing children, researchers warn
In a new compendium of academic analysis, researchers argue that despite decades of investment in “positive…
NASA wraps up moon rocket test; to set launch date after fix
NASA said Thursday it has finished testing its huge moon rocket and will move it back…
Discovery of new COVID infection mechanism offers clue to SARS-CoV-2 leap to humans
The original SARS-CoV-2 viral strain that emerged in early 2020 was able to latch on to…
Polluted land can be planted with flowers and tobacco
Zinnia (popular ornamental flowers) and tobacco adapt to copper in the soil. They accumulate heavy metal…
New nanoparticle drug delivery system improves treatment of atherosclerosis
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute researchers have designed and developed a novel drug delivery method that…
The star that survived a supernova
A supernova is the catastrophic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae, in particular, signal the complete…