Along the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, Gitga'at, Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk), Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk, and Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nations are monitoring and managing wildlife populations, continuing a legacy ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2021
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Many seabirds evolved dark wings, independent from each other. New research shows that these darker wings heat up more and that this heating up increases the efficiency of flight in birds. Furthermore, the study confirmed ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2021
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Which trees will survive dry, very hot summers and which will suffer severe damage? Regarding European beech trees, this question may now be answered by genome analyses. A team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Pfenninger, LOEWE Center ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2021
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Rice is one of the most important staple foods in the world, and increasing rice production is crucial to the rapid growth of the global population.
Biotechnology
May 18, 2021
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The species diversity and relationships of lichens in the genus Leptogium, which are often very difficult to identify to species, were assessed on the basis of DNA analyses using a large dataset collected during more than ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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University of Central Florida researchers are homing in on the cause of a major disease of sea turtles, with some of their latest findings implicating saltwater leeches as a possible factor.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2021
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SSRgenotyper is a newly developed, free bioinformatic tool that allows researchers to digitally genotype sequenced populations using simple sequence repeats (SSRs), a task that previously required time-consuming lab-based ...
Biotechnology
Feb 5, 2021
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Two-dimensional (2-D) organic inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP) ferroelectrics have attracted much attention due to the combination of spontaneous polarization and excellent semiconducting properties. Nevertheless, how to ...
Materials Science
Nov 20, 2020
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As of October 2020, SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of an ongoing pandemic, with more than 35 million reported cases and more than 1 million deaths worldwide. One prominent feature that distinguishes COVID-19 from SARS in terms of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 9, 2020
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The second ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch to the Red Planet in 2022, is taking advantage of the extra time to upgrade some of the rover's instruments and get ready for the next parachute high-altitude drop tests.
Space Exploration
May 15, 2020
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