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Mimicking enzymes, chemists produce large, useful carbon rings
Drawing inspiration from nature, chemists have discovered an efficient way to wrangle long, snaking molecules to…
385-million-year-old forest discovered
While sifting through fossil soils in the Catskill region near Cairo, New York, researchers uncovered the…
Biodiversity has substantially changed in one of the largest Mediterranean wetlands
The Camargue area in France has considerably fewer grasshopper, cricket, locust, dragonfly, and amphibian species than…
Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon
A new study reveals a different picture of how and when brown bears in southwestern Alaska…
Your DNA is not your destiny — or a good predictor of your health
In most cases, your genes have less than five per cent to do with your risk…
Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers
Scientists have improved the 3D nanoprinting process that enables to build precise, self-stacked, tall-and-narrow nanostructures. The…
Researchers directly measure 'Cheerios effect' forces for the first time
In a finding that could be useful in designing small aquatic robots, researchers have measured the…
Bilingual children are strong, creative storytellers, study shows
Bilingual children use as many words as monolingual children when telling a story, and demonstrate high…
Watermelon supplements bring health benefits to obese mice
Eating watermelon in the form of powdered supplements helped adult obese mice avoid some detrimental health…