Driving conservation efforts with DNA data
Using ancient and historical genetic data could help guide conservation actions, according to new research led by Newcastle University.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2022
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US bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert
Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and taking steps to increase biosecurity, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 15, 2022
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New drug candidates identified in bacteria
Bacteria show great promise as a source of active ingredients. Using computer-based genome analysis, researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered a new class of natural products that might one day serve as antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2022
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Einstein's relativity theory passes strict test based on LHAASO observation
Researchers from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences examined the validity of the theory of relativity with the highest accuracy in a study entitled "Exploring Lorentz Invariance Violation ...
General Physics
Feb 15, 2022
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Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000
Virgin Galactic, which last year flew its flamboyant founder Richard Branson to space, will re-open ticket sales to the general public starting Wednesday, for the sum of $450,000.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2022
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Engineers deploy drones to survey Marshall Fire, gather lessons for future disasters
The drone whirs to life on a driveway in the Spanish Hills neighborhood of Boulder County. Its four spinning motors lift it to nearly 200 feet above the ground. Below, the cul-de-sac comes into view, revealing the stone chimneys ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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Yes, words can harm young trans people: What we can do to help
All children and adolescents have the right to live free from discrimination. However, the public debate last week around the proposed religious discrimination bill threatened this right.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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Researchers develop a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system based on corn to target cancer cells
Nanomaterials have revolutionized the world of cancer therapy, and plant-derived nanoparticles have the added advantage of being cost-effective and easy to mass produce. Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have recently ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2022
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Microgravity worms help solve astronauts' muscle troubles
A new study on nematode worms reveals that physical contact with objects can help prevent neuromuscular decline in simulated microgravity. The research, which was published in the journal iScience, provides new insights into ...
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2022
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How reacting to a changing environment involves inhibiting previous behavior
Researchers from Germany, the US, and the UK teamed up to understand the role of flexibility and inhibition in problem solving and how they relate to each other in a behaviorally flexible urban bird species, the great-tailed ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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