Collision risk and habitat loss: Wind turbines in forests impair threatened bat species
In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming – often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the...
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Exotic water ice contributes to understanding of magnetic anomalies on Neptune and Uranus
Ordinary everyday ice, like the ice produced by a fridge, is known to scientists as hexagonal ice (ice Ih), and is not the only crystalline...
Unprecedented levels of high-severity fire burn in Sierra Nevada
High-severity wildfire is increasing in Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade forests and has been burning at unprecedented rates compared to the years before Euro-American settlement,...
Vulnerability of red sea urchins to climate change depends on location
A new study of red sea urchins, a commercially valuable species, investigated how different populations respond to changes in their environments. The results show that...
Post-Obamacare, more adults with schizophrenia have health insurance
The national uninsurance rate for adults under age 65 with schizophrenia decreased by 50% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, according to...
Study: COVID surges caused higher mortality among non-COVID patients
Overall patient care suffered during the coronavirus pandemic when COVID-19 surges swamped U.S. hospitals, especially in patients 45 years and older, a study by a...
New measurements show high air pollution in the Copenhagen metro
Every year, air pollution is responsible for 4,200 Danes dying prematurely and is linked by the WHO to diabetes, cancer and heart disease. In Copenhagen,...
Incorporation of water molecules into layered materials impacts ion storage capability
Investigating the interplay between the structure of water molecules that have been incorporated into layered materials such as clays and the configuration of ions in...
Just one degree can change a species
It is not exactly a surprise that climate affects life on earth. At least major changes in climate make a difference. We know that not...
Critical impacts of interfacial water on C–H activation in photocatalytic methane conversion
Non-thermal activation and utilization of methane, the main component of natural gas and a ubiquitous natural carbon resource, are among the global challenges for achieving...
Squid tissues and chemistry combine for versatile hydrogels
The natural abilities of squid tissues and the creativity of chemists combine to take hydrogel research in new directions.Credit: Tasuku Nakajima The natural abilities of...
Simulations and experiments reveal unprecedented detail about water’s motion in salt water
In salt water solutions, water molecules rapidly move around salt ions at a scale of more than a trillion times a second, according to both...
Expanding gene therapy for rare disease that causes blindness
A University of Houston researcher is expanding a method of gene therapy with the hopes it will restore vision loss in Usher Syndrome Type 2A...
Nearly 50-meter laser experiment sets record in University of Maryland hallway
It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But that’s what happened...
Research describes challenges of ER care for mental health and substance use disorder patients
Across the country, one in eight visits to the emergency department (ED) involves psychiatric or substance use concerns – and the frequency of such visits...
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