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Ecology Aug 5, 2024

Chesapeake Bay grass is rebounding, but not likely to meet 2025 goals

Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are on the rebound, but environmentalists say more needs to be done to improve the health of the bay and meet upcoming goals.

Earth Sciences Aug 5, 2024

Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2

Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide is a harmful pollutant with significant impacts on air quality, climate and the biosphere. Although satellites have mapped nitrogen dioxide concentrations since the 1990s, their resolution was ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 5, 2024

Successful observation of endosome behavior provides new clues for disease treatment

A team led by Professor Seo Dae-ha of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST has developed new real-time microscopy technology and successfully observed the behavior of "motor proteins," which may hold the key to ...

Plants & Animals Aug 5, 2024

New marine protections could help wildlife thrive—but also squeeze San Diego fishermen

A proposal to expand one of San Diego's 11 marine protected areas would make it the largest in the county, and could help wildlife off Point Loma thrive. But miles gained would be miles lost to some local fishermen.

Archaeology Aug 5, 2024

Ancient Chinese bone needle workshop reveals industrial practices of the 2nd millennium BCE

Recent excavations at the Shimao site in Shaanxi, China, have revealed one of the earliest and, so far, largest bone needle workshops ever discovered. The research published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology by ...

Astronomy Aug 5, 2024

LAMOST J2354 binary hosts an unseen massive white dwarf, study suggests

Astronomers from the Ohio State University (OSU) and University of Hawai'i have performed spectroscopic observations of a recently-discovered binary system known as LAMOST J2354, which contains a dark companion star. Results ...

Nanomaterials Aug 5, 2024

New nanomaterials could boost hydrogen production for clean energy

Have you ever considered how nanotechnology could transform our approach to clean energy? In recent research, we've been exploring nanoscale covalent organic frameworks (nano-COFs) that show exceptional potential for enhancing ...

Ecology Aug 5, 2024

UK beekeepers and scientists tackle sticky problem of honey fraud

Lynne Ingram cuts a peaceful figure as she tends to a row of humming beehives in a leafy corner of Somerset, southwest England.

Plants & Animals Aug 5, 2024

Streetlights running all night makes leaves so tough that insects can't eat them, threatening the food chain

Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and ecosystems worldwide—but for plants, dependent on light for photosynthesis, its effects could be profound. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant Science have found that ...

Plants & Animals Aug 4, 2024

Dormice are declining but current nest surveys don't tell the real story

British dormice have declined by a shocking 70% between 2000 and 2022, according to the latest report by the national dormouse monitoring program. But my research indicates that this decline might not be that catastrophic.

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