Researchers reveal the hidden world of Toronto's urban predators, and their prey
Raccoons may be Toronto's unofficial mascot, but the furry creatures that plunder our green bins are far from the only wild animals that live among us.
Raccoons may be Toronto's unofficial mascot, but the furry creatures that plunder our green bins are far from the only wild animals that live among us.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2023
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Vanderbilt researchers have developed a way to more quickly and precisely trap nanoscale objects such as potentially cancerous extracellular vesicles using cutting-edge plasmonic nanotweezers.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 6, 2023
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Rumors that there are big cats in Britain stubbornly keep cropping up. The thought of a large predator lurking in the rural landscapes of Britain is an exciting one.
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2023
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Sandia National Laboratories has produced its first lot of a new world-class ion trap, a central component for certain quantum computers. The new device, dubbed the Enchilada Trap, enables scientists to build more powerful ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 10, 2023
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Red means stop. Green means go. But to bees, colors reveal a smorgasbord of available food sources.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2023
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Understanding the factors that influence large mammal habitat use and their spatio-temporal response to human disturbance plays a crucial role in wildlife conservation and management. However, this knowledge is still limited ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2023
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During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through UC's Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2023
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Some of the trees along the Boise Greenbelt at the southeast end of the city are wrapped at their bases with chicken wire. These are not Christmas trees, and this ornamentation, strung by the city of Boise in conjunction ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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A small international team of life scientists has discovered why biting flies are attracted to things that are blue. In their study, reported in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group used an artificial neural network ...
An insect that can be hazardous to human health is spreading across southeast England.
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2023
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