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Safe distance: How to make sure our outdoor activities don’t harm wildlife
Spending time outdoors is good for a person's body and soul, but how good is it for the wildlife around...
Browning could make lakes less productive, affecting food webs and fish
Increasing darkness without increasing nutrients will limit plant growth in lakes TROY, N.Y. -- As more dissolved organic matter enters...
Artificial intelligence enables smart control and fair sharing of resources in energy communities
Energy communities will play a key role in building the more decentralised, less carbon intensive, and fairer energy systems of...
Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows
Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first...
Getting stoned: Revealing the mysteries of stonefish venom
University of Queensland scientists working to unlock the mysteries Australia's deadly stonefish have made a discovery which could change how...
Equipment to reduce vibration and shaking of load in transportation was developed
Expectation for transportation of biological medical products and vibration sensitive products Tamagawa Seiki Co. Ltd., developed a non-shaking system for...
Scientists identify protein that activates plant response to nitrogen deficiency
Nitrates are critical for the growth of plants, so plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to ensure sufficient nitrate uptake from...
Closer hardware systems bring the future of artificial intelligence into view
Tokyo - Machine learning is the process by which computers adapt their responses without human intervention. This form of artificial...
Chimeric viruses unearth hidden gems in dengue virus structure
In a recent study, Australian scientists used an original approach to resolve the 3D structure of flaviviruses with an unprecedented...
Genetic treasure trove for malaria researchers
A new extensive genetic resource of rat-infecting malaria parasites may help advance the development of malaria prevention and treatment strategies....
Researchers measure tritium production rates in mock-up of water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket
To realize tritium self-sustaining cycle through tritium breeding blanket has been one of the core technologies of future fusion reactor....
The secret to stickiness of mussels underwater
Mussels survive by sticking to rocks in the fierce waves or tides underwater. Materials mimicking this underwater adhesion are widely...
Mind the nanogap: Fast and sensitive oxygen gas sensors
Oxygen (O2) is an essential gas not only for us and most other lifeforms, but also for many industrial processes,...
Lean and mean: Maximizing 5G communications with an energy-efficient relay network
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a wirelessly powered relay network for 5G systems. The proposed...
Biologists find invasive snails using new DNA-detection technique
Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the presence...
Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution
Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light...
Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain
Virginia Tech, Penn researchers show early learning shapes adult brain structure An enhanced learning environment during the first five years...
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of...
Emotional regulation technique may be effective in disrupting compulsive cocaine addiction
An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and...
Duetting songbirds ‘mute’ the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
There's Simon and Garfunkel, Tina and Ike, and Armstrong and Fitzgerald. But now, nature's famed duet singers, the plain-tail wren,...
