Deep below the ocean’s surface, the seafloor contains large quantities of naturally occurring, ice-like deposits made…
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Report: Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B
Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion,…
Gold mining threatens 'forest giraffe' in DR Congo
Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged…
Attack on two fronts may force ocean bacteria to take in more carbon
The types of ocean bacteria known to absorb carbon dioxide from the air require more energy—in…
New laboratory to explore the quantum mysteries of nuclear materials
Replete with tunneling particles, electron wells, charmed quarks and zombie cats, quantum mechanics takes everything Sir…
Collaborative team discovers new natural products, to be used as sources of antibiotics, at unprecedented speed
Many of the drugs we utilize in modern medicine are naturally produced by microbes. Penicillin, an…
Earth's warming hole not indication of abrupt climate change event, study finds
A new study from scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric,…
Scientists have grown custom-shaped nanoparticles
Physicists at Ural Federal University (UrFU) and their colleagues from the Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch…
Modifying water's structure as a low-energy method for removing pollutants
Fresh water is a finite resource vulnerable to contamination. Click here for original story,…
Black Canada lynx photographed for the first time
A black-coated Canada lynx was photographed for the first time by a researcher at the University…