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Biotechnology Jul 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence folds RNA molecules

For the function of many biomolecules, their three-dimensional structure is crucial. Researchers are therefore not only interested in the sequence of the individual building blocks of biomolecules, but also in their spatial ...

Social Sciences Jun 23, 2022

Default options facilitate faster carbon offsetting in air travel

The defaults on a carbon offsetting website can cause a large percentage of customers to select faster CO2 compensation, even if this entails higher costs. In cooperation with a web portal offering carbon offsetting, a research ...

Astronomy May 30, 2022

Astronomers investigate highly variable polar V496 UMa

By analyzing data from ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft and NASA's TESS telescope, German astronomers have inspected a highly variable polar known as V496 UMa. Results of the study, published May 20 on arXiv.org, deliver more ...

Plants & Animals May 27, 2022

Intensive whaling did not rob the fin whale of its genomic diversity

Fin whales are the second largest creatures on our planet, surpassed only by blue whales. They can reach a length of around 20 meters—and require up to two metric tons of food per day. Accordingly, they release enormous ...

Environment May 24, 2022

Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate

The boss of NetZero still can't believe his start-up has won a million-dollar prize from Elon Musk to improve ways of sucking climate-heating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air.

Economics & Business Apr 28, 2022

Import tariffs: An alternative to a European energy embargo against Russia

Tariffs on Russian energy imports could provide the EU with a lever to reduce Russia's financial gains from its oil and gas exports and allow it to flexibly react to Moscow's actions in Ukraine, a team of economists from ...

Environment Apr 22, 2022

Antarctic sea-ice expansion in a warming climate

Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses. In a study, published in ...

Archaeology Apr 13, 2022

Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts

A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution.

Plants & Animals Mar 8, 2022

A plant root atlas for tracking developmental trajectories

A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the University of British Columbia, Philip Benfey at Duke University and Uwe Ohler at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin has developed an atlas that maps gene expression patterns ...

Evolution Mar 3, 2022

Animals have evolved to avoid overexploiting their resources. Can humans do the same?

People have been trying to understand how predators and prey are able to stay balanced within our planet's ecosystems for at least 2,400 years. The Greek author Herodotus even raised the question in his historical treatise ...

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