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New models reveal inner complexity of Saturn moon
A Southwest Research Institute team developed a new geochemical model that reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2)…
Rising global temperatures turn northern permafrost region into significant carbon source
Permafrost, the perennially frozen subsoil in Earth’s northernmost regions, has been collecting and storing plant and…
Physicists trap light in nanoresonators for record time
An international team of researchers from ITMO University, the Australian National University, and Korea University have…
Most rehabilitating sea turtles with infectious tumors don't survive
Caused by a herpesvirus, fibropapillomatosis (FP) is the most significant infectious disease affecting sea turtle populations…
How climate-related weather conditions disrupt power plants and affect people
Severe weather conditions triggered by climate change can adversely affect the operation of power plants. …
Fighting microbes with microbes
The intestinal commensal microbial community (or microbiota) is composed of several microorganisms that, among other functions,…
Researchers slash pre-drug screening time from years to days
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) have…
Wildfire risk can be reduced with agroforestry
New pan-European research has found that proactive land management with agroforestry—mixing livestock and trees—reduces the risk…
Ecologist uses scientific approach to rank world's worst problems in new book
From world hunger to nuclear weapons, Kansas State University distinguished professor Walter Dodds ranks the world’s…