California investigating sick and dying brown pelicans
Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying.
Ecology
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Gene linked to severe learning disabilities governs cell stress response
A gene that has been associated with severe learning disabilities in humans has been found to also play a vital role in cells' response to environmental stress, according to a Duke University study appearing May 24 in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
11 hours ago
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When hurricanes strike, social media can save lives
Everyone knows that while disinformation is a problem, social media is a powerful tool for communicating fast in an emergency.
Environment
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New route to build materials out of tiny particles
Researcher Laura Rossi and her group at TU Delft have found a new way to build synthetic materials out of tiny glass particles—so-called colloids. Together with their colleagues from Queen's University and the University ...
Nanomaterials
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In wake of hurricane, microbial ecosystem remarkably resilient
After sustaining seemingly catastrophic hurricane damage, a primordial groundcover vital to sustaining a multitude of coastal lifeforms bounced back to life in a matter of months.
Ecology
13 hours ago
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captures video of record flight
Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent flight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than ever before.
Space Exploration
14 hours ago
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NASA images reveal 'Sharkcano' eruption, where sharks live near active underwater volcano
An underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean has begun to erupt, NASA images show. Living there: Sharks that can withstand extreme temperatures.
Earth Sciences
14 hours ago
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AI solution makes the quest for elusive monolayers a lot simpler
One of the most tedious, daunting tasks for undergraduate assistants in university research labs involves looking hours on end through a microscope at samples of material, trying to find monolayers.
Optics & Photonics
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Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings
With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School ...
Social Sciences
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Putin masking invasion policies with 1990s humanitarian propaganda, analysis finds
Russia is reinventing decades-old propaganda based on supposed humanitarian principles to justify its invasion of Ukraine, according to research published in the peer-reviewed journal The International Spectator.
Political science
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