Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon, study shows
Credit: Ben Hur Marimon Junior Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the biodiversity of the Amazon, a...
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Bobwhites listen to each other when picking habitat
Credit: Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Northern bobwhites are attracted to a habitat based on whether other bobwhites are present...
Viruses can steal our genetic code to create new human-virus genes
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a virus infects a host and converts it into a...
RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe
New team continues fieldwork in the ArcticCredit: Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lisa Grosfeld After a month's absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker...
Efficient indium oxide catalysts designed for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
Credit: SARI Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a green and sustainable means of synthesizing commodity chemicals such as methanol. This conversion process is...
Heisenberg funding for Anne-Kathrin Classen
Credit: Photo: Harlad Neumann The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen with approximately 500,000 euros over five years, thereby honoring her research...
Virtual demolition
Scientists at Osaka University develop an augmented reality algorithm for viewing landscapes with buildings and/or pedestrians digitally removed, which may become standard for urban planning...
Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
Credit: The University of Manchester New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the...
The first model proposed to simulate the functioning of concept cells in the brain
A team of researchers from Russia, England and Spain has made an important step forward in the field of artificial neural networks using Beethoven's Ninth...
Australian scientists reveal a lost 8 billion light years of universe evolution
Every year, 2 million black hole mergers are missed -- Australian scientists work out how to detect them, revealing a lost 8 billion light years...
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize sea ice warnings
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize sea ice warningsCredit: Jørn Berger-Nyvoll, UiT For vessels that journey into the polar seas, keeping control of the spread of sea...
Why and to what extent a large hip protects from type 2 diabetes and CVD
Credit: Norbert Stefan In a Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology review article Norbert Stefan from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the University Hospital of...
Quantum rings in the hold of laser light
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved structures, according to scientists from...
Researchers design a system to reduce the noise of space rockets in the launch phase
The prototype will increase the safety of launchingCredit: ESA The thesis is focused on the research of methods that reduce the noise level of space...
Five steps to stop the death of the most threatened birds of prey
Power lines: a threat to all birds worldwideCredit: Conservation Biology Group (University of Barcelona-IRBio) An article published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation presents...
