California's Channel Islands are home to the Channel Island fox (Urocyon littoralis), one of the smallest and most cherished species of island fox in the United States. Although no longer on the Endangered Species List, they ...
Plants & Animals
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According to a new study, chimpanzees, like humans, must contend with a confined bony birth canal when giving birth. In humans, the problem is exacerbated by our unique form of upright walking, since this led to a twisting ...
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Oct 23, 2024
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A research team at the University of Münster led by chemist Prof Frank Glorius has synthesized so-called heteroatom-substituted cage-like 3D molecules. The innovative structures could help address key challenges in drug design ...
Biochemistry
Oct 23, 2024
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Scientists from Bremen, Germany, have characterized novel enzymes from deep-sea microbes with a key function in the ethane degradation process, revealing surprises in the metabolism of these organisms.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2024
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Space weather is a double-edged sword: It's capable of delivering majestic phenomena like the auroras near Earth's poles, but it can also have more alarming consequences with significant national security implications.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 23, 2024
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Densely populated coastal areas around the world experience an estimated relative sea level rise (the rise of the ocean with respect to the local land surface) of 7.8–9.9 millimeters (0.3–0.4 inch) per year. That's 3–4 times ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2024
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The world's top 20 economies, collectively known as the G20, need to adopt ambitious sustainable industrial strategies and financial policies to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels, finds a new ...
Environment
Oct 23, 2024
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Lobbying is a part of doing business for many organizations, and that's not surprising. When told a company lobbies the government for favorable laws or policies, most people shrug—until a company has a product recalled for ...
Economics & Business
Oct 23, 2024
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As part of her Ph.D. research at The University of Queensland, lead investigator Dr. Samantha Reynolds, now a Research Fellow from Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute, used three future climate change scenarios from ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2024
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Embrace change, they say, or become a casualty. This adage weighed heavily on my mind during my latest research trip to the Arctic. Repeatedly, I found myself clutching the .303 caliber rifle over my shoulder—a piece of equipment ...
Environment
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