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How to move communities away from flooding risks with minimal harm
As sea levels rise and flooding becomes more frequent, many countries are considering a controversial strategy:…
New resource harmonizes 16S and shotgun sequencing data for microbiome research
Two leading sequencing techniques are no longer at odds, thanks to an international effort led by…
Listening in on endangered Amazon River dolphins
Monitoring echolocation clicks could be used to track the movements of two endangered freshwater dolphin species…
Twinkling of giant stars reveals how their innards churn in first-ever simulations
Secrets hide in the twinkling of stars. A research team led by scientists at the Flatiron…
Making renewable, infinitely recyclable plastics using bacteria
Plastic waste is a problem. Most plastics can’t be recycled, and many use finite, polluting petrochemicals…
Korean team claims to have created the first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor
A team of physicists affiliated with several institutions in South Korea is claiming to have created…
Fungi that break down hardwood trees can do the same with plastic, study shows
A team of plant and molecular biologists from the University of Kelaniya and the University of…
Corals reveal 100-year warming history of the Pacific Ocean
Earth’s oceans are a complex system of interconnected transport highways for heat, nutrients and the transfer…
India weather tool could make floods in Sri Lanka floods easier to predict
Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka could be better predicted by applying weather forecasting techniques currently…