Ancient trees—those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old—play a vital role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to at-risk environments. In a review ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2022
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Finally, after what was arguably the worst summer on record for glaciers, snow has begun to fall in the European Alps. It is much needed. Over the 19 years that I have visited and studied the glaciers in Switzerland, I have ...
Environment
Oct 19, 2022
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The multicellular stage of the amoeba Dicyostelium discoideum is partially regulated by an intensely yellow natural substance, as researchers of the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2022
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The Black Death was the single greatest mortality event in recorded history, killing up to 50% of the European population in less than five years. New research from the University of Chicago, McMaster University, and the ...
Evolution
Oct 19, 2022
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The first Neanderthal draft genome was published in 2010. Since then, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have sequenced a further 18 genomes from 14 different archaeological sites throughout ...
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2022
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Germany's plant world has seen a greater number of losers than winners over the past 100 years. While the frequencies and abundances of many species have shrunk, they have significantly increased in others. This has resulted ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2022
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Nuclear physicists have confirmed that the current description of proton structure isn't all smooth sailing. A new precision measurement of the proton's electric polarizability performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 19, 2022
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While DIY acoustic levitation kits can be found online, the technique has important applications for research and industry including manipulating sensitive material such as biological cells.
General Physics
Oct 19, 2022
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In fewer than 250 years, the ravages of colonisation have eroded the evolutionary splendour forged in this continent's relative isolation. Australia has suffered a horrific demise of arguably the world's most remarkable mammal ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2022
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As next month's midterms loom ever larger, both Democrats and Republicans are weighing how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect voter turnout. Will it bring out issue-only voters? What will it ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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