This year’s Arctic Circle wildfires, still ablaze, have already surpassed the record set in 2019 for…
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New test can detect crown-of-thorns starfish as quickly as a home pregnancy kit
Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science have developed a dipstick test that can detect…
Researchers warn of food-web threats from common insecticides
In light of emerging evidence showing how a commonly used class of insecticides can spread through…
An unexpected origin story for a lopsided black hole merger
A lopsided merger of two black holes may have an oddball origin story, according to a…
Team engineers new treatment for drug-resistant bacterial infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prioritized finding effective treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…
Newly identified gene grants tomatoes resistance to bacterial speck disease
Bacterial speck disease, which reduces both fruit yield and quality, has been a growing problem in…
Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
Breeding programs for crops with limited per-plant seed yield require one or more generations of seed…
Familial incarceration negatively impacts mental health for African American women
More than half of all African American women in the United States report having at least…
Physicists nudge atoms within less than a trillionth of a second
Scientists from Regensburg and Zurich have found a fascinating way to push an atom with controlled…
Gravity wave insights from internet-beaming balloons
Giant balloons launched into the stratosphere to beam internet service to Earth have helped scientists measure…