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October 18, 2025

Escape from mongoose: frog’s novel strategy

Invasive mongooses altered leg length and endurance of endangered island frogsCredit: Hirotaka Komine/ TUAT Biodiversity is increasingly ruined by humanity's...

A new study by Novateur Ventures provides global analysis of COVID-19 vaccines

Credit: Novateur Ventures A new study by Novateur Ventures provides a comparative analysis of twelve COVID-19 Vaccines that had initiated...

Powerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada & NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is...

Size matters when it comes to atomic properties

Credit: Neuroncollective, Daniel Spacek, Pavel Travnicek A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has yielded new answers to fundamental...

UNIST to develop new electrolyte additives for high-energy-density LIBs

Credit: UNIST A joint research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel electrolyte additive that could enable a long...

TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides

Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in...

Harbour porpoises attracted to oil platforms when searching for food

A large gathering of fish tempts harbor porpoises to search for food around oil and gas platforms, even though the...

Scientist gets $2 million grant to study how inflammation, gut microbiota promote metabolic syndrome

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has...

A sturdier spike protein explains the faster spread of coronavirus variants

Cryo-EM study show how structural alterations in G614 variants stabilize the spikeCredit: Bing Chen, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital BOSTON -...

MSU scientists one million ‘hops’ closer to ending a disease endemic in cattle

Credit: Aretha Fiebig Many people have never heard of Brucellosis, but farmers and ranchers in the United States forced to...

Modernizing the naval selection process

UH psychologist to develop virtual reality personality assessmentCredit: University of Houston Recruiting and selecting the proper sailors for specific tasks...

Facial recognition ID with a twist: Smiles, winks and other facial movements for access

New algorithm makes ID verification more secure by tracking facial motionCredit: BYU Photo Using your face to unlock your phone...

Algae growing on dead coral could paint a falsely rosy portrait of reef health

New challenges to a once tried-and-true method for assessing reef healthCredit: Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Washington, DC-- Algae colonizing...

The trouble of being tall

Credit: Mogens Trolle The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the...

Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent

New long-term study could mean more sustainable burgersCredit: Breanna Roque/UC Davis A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce...

Arctic was once lush and green, could be again, new research shows

Credit: Zach Montes Orijin Media Imagine not a white, but a green Arctic, with woody shrubs as far north as...

The Blue Economy is more than resources: It has to focus on social equity and governance

Credit: Andres Cisneros-Montemayor The future of an equitable and sustainable global ocean, or "Blue Economy," depends on more than the...

Mitigating impact of artificial light at night in tropical forests

New findings have major conservation implications for critical insectsCredit: Sulema Castro/Smithsonian Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a major factor...

For migrating elephant seals, ‘lightscapes of fear’ shape feeding, resting strategies

Tracking study shows how seals balance predator avoidance and the need to feed, shifting strategies as their body condition improves...

To limit global temperature rise, agricultural costs of CO2 removal may be significant