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Environment Aug 2, 2024

Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species

Two of the planet's more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world's coastlines, a new study suggests.

Plants & Animals Aug 2, 2024

Wasps help farmers fight mealybug pest in Kenya

Papaya farmers in Kenya are turning to a novel solution to combat the devastating papaya mealybug pest—parasitic wasps.

Environment Aug 2, 2024

More microbes found that break down the carbon-fluorine bonds found in some unsaturated PFAS

A team of chemical and environmental engineers at the University of California Riverside, working with colleagues from the University of California Los Angeles, has found a class of microbes that consume PFAS in the environment ...

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 2, 2024

Researchers demonstrate mechanism that may have stabilized the first RNA molecules

The origins of life remain a major mystery. How were complex molecules able to form and remain intact for prolonged periods without disintegrating? A team at ORIGINS, a Munich-based Cluster of Excellence, has demonstrated ...

Earth Sciences Aug 2, 2024

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' larger than average, scientists find

NOAA-supported scientists have announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 6,705 square miles, the 12th largest zone on record ...

Plants & Animals Aug 2, 2024

Great white sharks secretly roam through Bahamas

It's incredibly rare to spot a great white shark in the waters around the Bahamas, but a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science shows they visit the area more often than people realize.

Planetary Sciences Aug 2, 2024

First full 2-D spectral image of aurora borealis from a hyperspectral camera

Auroras are natural luminous phenomena caused by the interaction of electrons falling from the sky and the upper atmosphere. Most of the observed light consists of emission lines of neutral or ionized nitrogen and oxygen ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 2, 2024

Machine learning discovers 'hidden-gem' materials for heat-free gas separation

Chemical separation, including gas separation, is a common process that is required for manufacturing and research. It accounts for a whopping 15% of U.S. energy consumption and produces millions of tons of carbon emissions.

Optics & Photonics Aug 2, 2024

New 'game-changing' discovery for light-driven artificial intelligence

In a paper, titled "Partial coherence enhances parallelized photonic computing," published in Nature, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities of Muenster, Heidelberg, and ...

Planetary Sciences Aug 2, 2024

Venus' 'continents' suggest surprising link to early Earth

New research has revealed that Venus, often considered Earth's inhospitable twin, may share a surprising geological history with our own planet.

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