Underwater “traffic” encompasses a fascinating variety of creatures, from fish with their graceful swimming postures to…
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Incentive programs doubled cover crop use by farmers: Study
A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged…
The Tibetan Plateau bridge: Remote climate effects of extratropical and tropical forcing
The Tibetan Plateau (TP), which is located in the subtropics of eastern Eurasia, could act as…
Researchers advance topological superconductors for quantum computing
Quantum computers process information using quantum bits, or qubits, based on fragile, short-lived quantum mechanical states.…
Gray wolf personality research uses puzzle boxes, rain sticks
Researchers using puzzle boxes, rain sticks and papier-mâché balls are studying captive gray wolves at the…
Ensuring effective visual communication of climate change
The consequences of a warming climate frequently dominated the news this summer, from devastating wildfires and…
Recent advances in nickel-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
In a paper published in Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials, an international team of scientists reviewed…
Socially vulnerable populations are disproportionately exposed to wildfires in the West, study finds
People experiencing a high degree of social vulnerability are also more exposed to wildfires in Oregon…
Researchers make sand that flows uphill
Engineering researchers at Lehigh University have discovered that sand can actually flow uphill. Click…
Some stick insects that normally reproduce through parthenogenesis found to mate on occasion
A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has found that…