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Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survival
A new paper including research from a Utah State University scientist provides a framework for understanding…
Soft corals near Virgin Islands recover from hurricanes, but stony corals declining
Soft corals at three sites in the U.S. Virgin Islands were able to recover from the…
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus…
Giant clam shells: Unprecedented natural archives for paleoweather
Paleoclimate research offers an overview of Earth’s climate change over the past 65 million years or…
Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that…
Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study
The concept of nuclear winter—a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear…
New low-cost approach detects building deformations with extreme precision in real time
A new camera-based method for measuring building deformations can detect small displacements from 10 meters away.…
Restore soil to absorb billions of tonnes of carbon: study
Restoring and protecting the world’s soil could absorb more than five billion tonnes of carbon dioxide…
The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe
The race is on to develop a European reusable rocket that can ensure Europe’s autonomous and…