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Research pinpoints which Australian cities take biggest economic blow from COVID-19
In an international collaboration between the University of South Australia Business School, the Hunter Foundation Research…
New NASA radar looks to monitor volcanoes and earthquakes from space
Instead of looking up to the sky for bright bursts of fiery color, a research team…
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the…
Isolating an elusive phosphatetrahedrane
A research team in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge…
Northern peatlands will lose some of their carbon dioxide sink capacity under a warmer climate
A Nordic study sheds new light on the role of northern peatlands in regulating the regional…
Plant root hairs key to reducing soil erosion
The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion,…
Do urban fish exhibit impaired sleep?
Melatonin controls the body clock—high melatonin levels make us feel tired in the evening. However, the…
How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk
Economic activity is slowing rapidly, both in the United States and around the world. …
First SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria openly available
The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was declared a pandemic by the World Health…