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General Physics Mar 27, 2019

Waiting for neutrinos

On Feb. 24, 1987, light from a supernova that exploded 168,000 years ago in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of the Milky Way, reached Earth. Astronomers Ian Shelton and Oscar Duhalde at the Las Campanas Observatory ...

Environment Mar 21, 2019

Report: Great Lakes feeling effects of rapid climate warming (Update)

The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water quality, worsening erosion and posing tougher challenges for farming, scientists reported ...

Environment Mar 19, 2019

Fish in river that famously caught fire now OK'd for dinner

Fish in the Cuyahoga River, which became synonymous with pollution when it caught fire in Cleveland in 1969, are now safe to eat, federal environmental regulators say.

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2019

A new way to sense earthquakes could help improve early warning systems

Every year, earthquakes worldwide claim hundreds or even thousands of lives. Forewarning allows people to head for safety and a matter of seconds could spell the difference between life and death. UTokyo researchers have ...

Environment Mar 6, 2019

Sensory tests suggest 'liking' wines made with native grapes a learned response

Consumer preference or aversion to wines made from native grapes—such as Concord, Niagara and Catawba, which are grown in North America—may depend on early exposure to the fruits' sweet, ultra "grapey" taste and aroma, according ...

Environment Mar 4, 2019

Chicago is sinking. Here's what that means for Lake Michigan and the Midwest

The sightlines at Wrigley Field, the panorama from Navy Pier, the vantage points at the Adler Planetarium observatory—all structures built more than 100 years ago—are at least 4 inches lower now.

Environment Feb 11, 2019

Scientists advance new technology to protect drinking water from Lake Erie algal toxins

Before the 2014 Toledo Water Crisis left half a million residents without safe drinking water for three days, Dr. Jason Huntley's research at The University of Toledo focused on bacteria that cause pneumonia.

Environment Jan 24, 2019

Fish eggs are suffocating in Lake Michigan reefs. What will it take to save these nurseries?

Across the Great Lakes, collections of underwater rocks have been incubators for native fish eggs.

Plants & Animals Jan 15, 2019

Poisons or medicines? Cyanobacteria toxins protect tiny lake dwellers from parasites

The cyanobacteria blooms that plague western Lake Erie each summer are both an unsightly nuisance and a potential public health hazard, producing liver toxins that can be harmful to humans and their pets.

Environment Jan 10, 2019

What causes algal blooms, and how we can stop them?

Outbreaks of algae have killed up to a million fish in the Murray Darling Basin over the last two weeks. The phenomena of "algae blooms", when the population of algae in a river rapidly grows and dies, can be devastating ...

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