World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean but more…
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Protecting species on the move
The key to how coral reefs of the future will look and function—and how to protect…
On water sustainability, L.A. County earns C+ from UCLA environmental report card
Los Angeles County’s grades are in, and UCLA’s latest environmental report card gives the region an…
Keep quiet or be eliminated: How cell competition modulates morphogen gradients
Tissue patterning is an important process during embryo formation, as well in adult tissue, which ensures…
Noise pollution hurts wildlife, but states have trouble turning down the volume
A low rumble thrums through the deck as Tacoma, a 5,000-ton ferry, makes its run across…
Successful biological decontamination of an aquifer
Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), alongside LITOCLEAN and the University of Barcelona (UB),…
NASA to demonstrate new star-watching tech with thousands of shutters
NASA scientists plan to demonstrate a revolutionary technology for studying hundreds of stars and galaxies at…
In fight against global poverty, researchers map fast-growing informal settlements in Africa
Urban scientists at the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation on Oct. 23 launched…
'Molecular spintronics': New technology offers hope for quantum computing
Quantum computers, which work according to the strange rules of quantum mechanics, may one day revolutionize…
Strategies of a honey bee virus
The Israeli acute paralysis virus is a pathogen that affects honey bees and has been linked…