Breakthrough in understanding 'tummy bug' bacteria
Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then "wake up".
Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then "wake up".
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2021
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By feeding arctic ground squirrels special diets, researchers have found that omega-3 fatty acids, common in flax seed and fish oil, help keep the animals warmer in deep hibernation.
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2021
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Karl Schwartz wishes he was simply chasing glory on the snowmobile racing track. Instead, in recent years, he has been forced to chase increasingly elusive cold weather.
Environment
Jan 11, 2021
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A thick, chocolaty sludge has formed on Utah's Great Salt Lake, and state parks officials say talk of an oil slick is unfounded.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2020
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Against the background of global warming, more intense and frequent heat waves have brought huge impacts on society and the natural world. As such, the characteristics of extreme temperature changes in the future have become ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2020
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When temperatures drop, so do green iguanas—from the trees. But evolution, it seems, could be robbing South Floridians of a tradition as common as checking the heat index on New Year's Day.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2020
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It was raining iguanas on a sunny morning.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2020
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Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that followed.
Environment
Sep 24, 2020
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Supercooled water is really two liquids in one. That's the conclusion reached by a research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory after making the first-ever measurements of liquid ...
General Physics
Sep 17, 2020
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A team of researchers at Harvard University has developed a way to cool nonlinear polyatomic molecules to extremely cold temperatures. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their method and ...