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How climate change affects Colombia’s coffee production
Credit: College of AC ES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. ¬- If your day started with a cup of coffee,...
UMass Amherst team discovers use of elasticity to position microplates on curved 2D fluids
Research is a leap forward in the quest for flexible ultrathin materialsCredit: Weiyue Xin of Santore lab. AMHERST, Mass. -...
Reclamation releases technical reports supporting the 2021 SECURE Water Act Report
Climate change impacts assessed on water supplies in 17 western statesCredit: Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation today released...
Overfishing of Atlantic cod likely did not cause genetic changes
Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would help cod recoverCredit: NOAA Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic...
Amazing integration of technology and art: a 3D LotusMenu in your palm
Credit: @Science China Press A recent study proposed a three-dimensional LotusMenu that can "bloom in the palm". With this menu,...
New method expands the world of small RNAs
PANDORA sequencing method developed by UC Riverside-led team can detect once-undetectable small RNAsCredit: Qi Chen lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
NIST demo adds key capability to atom-based radio communications
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated an atom-based sensor that...
Research lab identifies a genetic heart variant that leads to trouble for Maine Coon Cats
University of Cincinnati researcher tackles cardiac condition in cats after baffled owner reaches outCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati In an...
Less than a nanometer thick, stronger and more versatile than steel
Credit: (Image by Qiucheng Li and Chaitanya Kolluru.) Scientists create stable nanosheets containing boron and hydrogen atoms with potential applications...
An artful study of cellular development in leaves
Credit: Virginia Lopez-Anido How do we become a complex, integrated multicellular organism from a single cell? While developmental biologists have...
Ozone pollution harms maize crops, study finds
Credit: Ainsworth lab Although stratospheric ozone protects us by filtering out the sun's ultraviolet radiation, tropospheric ozone is a harmful...
New IT system may help film scriptwriters achieve box-office success
Credit: University Of Granada Could the next Hollywood blockbuster be written by a computer? Scientists from the University of Granada...
Adult nocturnal fishflies found to visit flowers for food
Credit: Associate Professor Naoto Sugiura Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have found that adult nocturnal fishflies (Neochauliodes amamioshimanus), which are...
This hydrogen fuel machine could be the ultimate guide to self-improvement
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab uncovers secret behind humble material's surprise performance as an artificial photosynthesis deviceCredit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab...
Radical proposal to save the planet from disaster
Transformed universities help transform the worldCredit: World Scientific At present universities are devoted to the acquisition of specialized knowledge and...
Fireflies have a potential — protective ‘musical armor’ against bats
How do fireflies defend themselves against predators?Credit: BRANDON ALMS A new study at Tel Aviv University reveals a possible defense...
New paper explores possible effects of bridge construction on manatees
Credit: DISL's Manatee Sighting Network Contributor R. Symes A new publication from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Marine Mammal Research...
Streamlining the process of materials discovery
The materials platform M3I3 reduces the time for materials discovery by reverse engineering future materials using multiscale/multimodal imaging and machine...
Beef industry can cut emissions with land management, production efficiency
Ranchers in United States, Brazil and other regions can help create a more climate-friendly beef systemCredit: Kenton Rowe for The...
Nonlinear wave mixing facilitates subwavelength imaging
Extending the Abbe theory into a nonlinear regime, researchers demonstrate a far-field, label-free, and scan-free super-resolution imaging technique based on...
