Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling and redistribution, and control of certain prey species. ...
Cornell researchers have discovered a way for ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA), one of the most abundant types of microorganisms on Earth, to produce nitrous oxide, a potent and long-lasting greenhouse gas.
Biochemistry
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Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic ...
Economics & Business
Jan 20, 2025
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The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere denser than the underlying mantle. One theory holds that the lower lithosphere splits away and sinks ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2025
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NASA's Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) assembled a small working group to review hydrogen sulfide (H2S) Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentration (SMAC) values. The group met virtually three times ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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New research has revealed the unique ecological role of coastal wetlands in the face of rising sea levels, capturing carbon, adjusting their soil elevation and protecting the coastline.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2025
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As you swipe on your smartphone throughout the day, checking your email or buying something online, you're leaving behind clues about how your brain makes decisions—and new research out of the University of Alberta shows ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2025
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Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to account for the chamber wall effects, which are not present in space environments. Researchers within several different aerospace disciplines ...
General Physics
Jan 20, 2025
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Social media has become a key space for young people to experiment with their political voice and to hone it through interaction with others. In "Not Your Parents' Politics," authors Ioana Literat, a professor of communication, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2025
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Fires sweeping through Los Angeles have left a massive path of destruction. At the time of posting, they have reduced more than 10,000 homes to rubble. At least 27 people have died so far.
Environment
Jan 20, 2025
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