A team led by Prof. Liu Xueyan from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new plant-soil nitrogen isotope process model that quantifies the fractional contribution of three nitrogen ...
Earth Sciences
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Across the world, more than 1.5 billion people suffer from chronic liver disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that it kills more than 52,000 people a year in the United States alone—the ninth ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 14, 2025
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Lithium is a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and a host of personal electronics. It is also relatively scarce, so being able to efficiently isolate it from various host minerals is ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 14, 2025
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Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling study published in Nature Communications. The authors suggest that these eruptions could have led to ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 14, 2025
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New research out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa is reshaping what we know about ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Published recently in Antiquity, a new paper documents ...
Archaeology
Oct 14, 2025
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A bioactive compound produced by the microorganism Bacillus licheniformis, found on Deception Island in Antarctica, has properties that qualify it for use in producing food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and biodegradable materials.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2025
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The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2025
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How can researchers measure poverty and understand local development needs in places where conventional data collection is difficult or impossible?
Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2025
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Muon beams can now be created in a device that is the length of a ruler.
Scientists at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) have found that administering a rotavirus vaccine to newborn mice via a shot, rather than an oral dose, increases its efficacy, particularly for at-risk newborns.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2025
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