Earth Sciences

Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes: Dynamics of Greenland's ice decrypted

The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets to the sea—and a change in their dynamics will contribute significantly to sea-level rise.

Ecology

New agroforestry maps plot environmental, social and economic benefits of trees

There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry—the intentional integration of trees and shrubs in agricultural systems, such as planting trees as windbreaks, ...

Scientists recode the genome for programmable synthetic proteins

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism (GRO) with one stop codon—using a cellular platform that they developed enabling the production ...

Scientists discover brain mechanism that helps overcome fear

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. Published in Science, the study in mice could have implications for developing ...

The power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

How do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babies' babbling and early speech—an exchange that appears fundamental to early language development, ...

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AI accelerates search for new tuberculosis drug targets

Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and into the lungs, the pathogen that causes "TB" can lead to chronic cough, chest pains, fatigue, fever ...

Q&A: What the laws of physics tell us about CO₂ removal

Human activities continue to pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, raising global temperatures and driving extreme weather events. As countries grapple with climate impacts and ways to significantly ...

Why personal climate action matters—according to experts

Do you feel powerless? You probably aren't responsible for the investment decisions of an energy company, nor do you have a hand in government policy. But still, you are reading about climate change—a problem that can easily ...