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Small green spaces can help keep cities cool during heat waves
A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to…
Empirical link between fatal police violence and structural racism
A new research study from Umeå University in Sweden shows that incidents with fatal police violence…
Uncovering an evolutionary process that enabled diversity of plant life on Earth
About 1.2 billion years ago a blue-green bacterium was engulfed by a more complex cell, transforming…
Researchers use biomolecule-loaded metal-organic frameworks nanopatterns to aid artificial stem cell differentiation
Stem cells are essentially our body’s raw materials—cells that give rise to all other cells and…
Ground-breaking number of brown dwarfs discovered
Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to our…
Bioarchaeological evidence of very early Islamic burials in the Levant
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic…
Researchers use CRISPR technology to create map tying every human gene to its function
The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. The…
'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive in the Galápagos
A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive. The tortoise, named…
Photosynthesis-inspired process makes commodity chemicals
Northwestern University chemists have taken inspiration from plants to revolutionize the way an important industrial chemical…