A new study has highlighted how and when changes to the environment result in animal-borne disease thresholds being breeched, allowing for a better understanding and increased capacity to predict the risk ...
Environment
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How does an iPhone predict the next word you're going to type in your messages? The technology behind this, and also at the core of many AI applications, is called a transformer; a deep-learning algorithm that detects patterns ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2023
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A new interactive "carbon calculator" tool can help dairy farmers see sustainability principles in action and improve farm management decisions related to climate change.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2023
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Livestock dung could be used to create the next generation of cellulosic materials, according to a new report.
Materials Science
Mar 13, 2023
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Debris flows are fast-moving and highly variable mixtures of soil, rock, water, and trees that can wreak havoc on downslope communities. Small debris lags behind larger particles, but it is not clear how this sorting occurs ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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Cadmium (Cd), a toxic heavy metal contaminant of cultivated land, is harmful to humans through its accumulation in crops, especially rice. Therefore, strategies to limit Cd accumulation in rice grains are urgently needed. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 13, 2023
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A new study of Antarctic minke whales reveals a minimum size limit for whales employing the highly efficient "lunge-feeding" strategy that enabled the blue whale to become the largest animal on Earth.
Evolution
Mar 13, 2023
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A new way to create high-energy ions could speed up their applications in treating cancer and probing the fundamental nature of matter.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 13, 2023
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Groundwater sampling across the state suggests that for the 13% of Marylanders who get their water from individual wells, many are getting a dose of bacteria with each sip.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2023
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As conventional antibiotics continue to lose effectiveness against evolving pathogens, scientists are keen to employ the bacteria-killing techniques perfected by bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2023
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