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Camera traps reveal newly discovered biodiversity relationship
Data scientists analyze photos from 15 tropical rainforestsCredit: Daniel Gorczynski HOUSTON - (March 3, 2021) - In one of the...
‘Best case’ goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
A seemingly small difference in global warming levels could greatly impact wildfires worldwide, researchers have foundCredit: Pexels Under the 2015...
Diversity of fish species supply endangered killer whale diet throughout the year
Chinook salmon play major role as Southern Resident prey across seasons.Credit: Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries and reference NMFS permit number 16163...
How to track the variants of the pandemic faster
Credit: © Oliver Hochstrasser "What scientists have achieved in a year since the discovery of a brand-new virus is truly...
Conquering the timing jitters
Credit: (Image by Daniel Haynes and Jörg Harms/Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter.) Breakthrough greatly enhances...
Temperature and aridity fluctuations over the past century linked to flower color changes
Clemson researchers combined color descriptions from museum flower specimens dating back to 1895 with historic climate data to link changes...
Accelerating gains in abdominal fat during menopause tied to heart disease risk
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 3, 2021 - Women who experience an accelerated accumulation of abdominal fat during menopause...
Study reveals frequency and characteristics of stroke in COVID-19 patients
Findings also show coronavirus patients with stroke face increased need for long-term careCredit: Justin Kelley A review of nearly 28,000...
Utah researchers illuminate potential precursors of blood cancers
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute (for Mason and Feusier) and St. Jude (for Arunachalam) SALT LAKE CITY - Utah researchers report...
Sewage-handling robots help predict COVID-19 outbreaks in San Diego
Automated process helps test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing researchers to forecast the region's caseload one to two weeks ahead...
Researchers explore relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response
Credit: Andrew Mann, Virginia Tech. A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not...
Color blindness-correcting contact lenses
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09657 Imagine seeing the world in muted shades -- gray sky, gray grass....
Evolution drives autism and other conditions to occur much more frequently in boys
Genetic researchers see greater role in health researchCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, March 3, 2021 -- Evolutionary forces drive a...
I-Seed project for intelligent biodegradable soft robots mimicking plant seeds behaviour
The project will develop intelligent seeds able to monitor environmental parameters. Coordinated by IIT's researcher Barbara Mazzolai, it involves other...
Prehistoric killing machine exposed
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killerCredit: Alex Bernardini (@SimplexPaleo) Judging...
Humans drive most of the ups and downs in freshwater storage at Earth’s surface
Credit: Cooley et al. 2021, Nature Water levels in the world's ponds, lakes and human-managed reservoirs rise and fall from...
UNF professor awarded US patent to fight cancer tumors using synthetic curcumin analogs
Credit: University of North Florida Dr. Kenneth Laali, University of North Florida Presidential Professor of Chemistry, has recently been awarded...
New form of symbiosis discovered
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement...
University students with special educational needs highlight the benefits of e-assessment
More than 250 participants in the study recognized the specific benefits provided by e-authentication but expressed concerns about the risk...
Key steps discovered in production of critical immune cell
Credit: Courtesy of WEHI WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could...
