Whales of all shapes and sizes play a significant role in the health of marine ecosystems. About 50% of the air humans breathe is produced by the ocean, thanks to phytoplankton and whale waste. The Whale Poop Loop is the ...
Plants & Animals
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A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows promising advances in sustainable farming and animal nutrition. A team of researchers led by Professor Bertha (Betty) Schwartz from the Robert H. Smith Faculty of ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can help transform how we understand and respond to the escalating threat of bushfires. We start this journey with the first imagery now available from the proto satellite launched by Muon Space ...
Environment
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Oceanic islands are biologically unique and irreplaceable because they have never been connected to continental mainlands and often host endemic species. Human activities have considerably altered these ecosystems. Predator ...
Ecology
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Exploring the BTZ black hole in (2+1)-dimensional gravity took me down a fascinating rabbit hole, connecting ideas I never expected—like black holes and topological phases in quantum matter! When I swapped the roles of space ...
Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of salt crystals from evaporating solutions onto surfaces. Once they start collecting, the crystals ...
Materials Science
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The launch of an AI-powered soil moisture mapping tool created by University of Sydney researchers could transform irrigation, fuel reduction burning, and pasture management across Tasmania and beyond.
Molecular & Computational biology
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A new method to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethylene using significantly less energy than existing approaches could help cut emissions from one of the world's most carbon-intensive manufacturing processes.
Materials Science
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Though atomic nuclei are often depicted as static clusters of protons and neutrons (nucleons), the particles are actually bustling with movement. Thus, the nucleons carry a range of momenta. Sometimes, these nucleons may ...
General Physics
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A new study shows that the way amyloid proteins—implicated in Alzheimer's disease—assemble into fibrils can be significantly influenced by the spin orientation of electrons on magnetized surfaces. Depending on the direction ...
Bio & Medicine
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