Due to continual improvements in transportation technology, people travel more extensively than ever before. Although this…
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Cities beat suburbs at inspiring cutting-edge innovations
The disruptive inventions that make people go “Wow!” tend to come from research in the heart…
Better conservation planning can improve human life too
Conservation planning can be greatly improved to benefit human communities, while still protecting biodiversity, according to…
Stockholm Nobel ceremony replaced with televised event: Foundation
The traditional Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm has been cancelled for the first time since 1944…
Warming ocean, old-forest loss put a squeeze on an elusive seabird
Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options and the long-term loss of old…
When does a second COVID surge end? Look at the maths
Mathematicians have developed a framework to determine when regions enter and exit COVID-19 infection surge periods,…
Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
Producing biogas from the bacterial breakdown of biomass presents options for a greener energy future, but…
Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide, it is increasingly urgent to understand how climate impacts…
Just add water: Biodiversity resurgence in effluent-fed desert riverbeds
Throughout the late 19th century, rivers across the southwestern United States were parceled out, and flows…
Astrophysicists prove that dust particles in space are mixed with ice
The matter between the stars in a galaxy—called the interstellar medium—consists not only of gas, but…