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Global satellite data reveal widening recovery gap between urban and rural vegetation
A global study has revealed a striking divergence in how urban and rural vegetation respond to climate stress. The study was led by Jin Wu f
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Measuring wildfire plumes to predict extreme fire behavior
Predicting the unpredictable starts with understanding how extreme wildfires develop and under what conditions. This knowledge is essential
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Cholesterol-linked drug boosts gene-targeting potency in early findings
Nucleic acid therapeutics, such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), have emerged as promising platforms for treating a variety of previous
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Vapor-based method creates ultralight aerogels without conventional liquid-based chemistry
Researchers at National Taiwan University (NTU), working across the College of Engineering, College of Medicine and National Taiwan Universi
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Major cities worldwide are sinking, satellite data reveal
Land subsidence is the gradual sinking of the ground, which can damage buildings, foundations, and drainage and sewage systems, and may incr
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High-speed microscopy captures sugar-building enzymes forming rigid pairs and flexible assemblies
From a rigid molecular pair to flexible assemblies with moving domains, the enzymes that build sugar chains display strikingly different beh
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Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast, threatens landfall
Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain on Monday as it threatened to make landfall this week, accord
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Baby tooth places macaques in northern Germany more than 300,000 years ago
A research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and Leiden University in
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Water-based process turns wood industry byproduct into carbon nanofibers for sodium-ion batteries
A new study led by researchers at the University of Limerick (UL) has identified a new battery material from a renewable wood industry bypro
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New light-emitting organic materials could enable deep-tissue bioimaging
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have identified the first examples of a new class of advanced organic semiconductor materials th
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Tiny fossils reveal a missing chapter of ocean life after Snowball Earth
A rare assemblage of micro- and macro-fossils found in a roadside outcrop in South China, featuring thin ribbons, branching shapes and a tin
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New study finds the staffing structure of an audit office improves outcomes
Audit firms rely on partners to oversee audits and client relationships; managers to supervise teams and projects; and staff to perform much
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What 2024's record-breaking rainfall says about the next El Niño
Though strong El Niños have occurred only four times in as many decades, 2024's intense El Niño is already getting a sequel. New UCLA resear
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Primordial helium further confirms our understanding of the Big Bang
In the early moments of the big bang, two elements were forged: hydrogen and helium. Technically, the tiniest traces of light elements such
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Escape rooms give health care students a safe place to get things wrong
The buzzer goes off. Three occupational therapy students are convinced they have worked out what should happen to their patient next. They a
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Elephants continue to shape the savanna even after death
Elephants shape the African savanna. They consume huge amounts of forage, dig for water, topple trees and affect all the animals around them
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High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers keep pumping venom after detachment
Australian scientists have used high-speed video to uncover the unique mechanism that allows a honey bee's stinger to continue to pump venom
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NASA demonstrates next-generation heat shield technologies
NASA is taking an unusual approach to testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the moon and Mars:
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Fijian bee genomics suggest 99% effective population decline since European colonization
The decline of pollinator species due to habitat loss and pesticide use over recent decades has been a global concern. Pollinators like bees
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Love in the ruins: The paradox of modern romance
Ask young adults about love in this day and age, and their diagnosis is bleak: They live in an individualistic society, dating has been redu
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Study links environment and youth mental health
A new University of Canterbury-led study of almost 1 million young people in New Zealand shows the environments they live in may be linked t
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New Jurassic crocodile species had unusually slender teeth, suggesting it fed on shrimp and tiny fish
A new species of ancient crocodile relative that lived around 170 million years ago has been discovered by scientists at the University of P
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Alternative gravity theory offers possible explanation for dark energy changing over time
For many years, the simplest view of dark energy has been that it remains unchanged. Throughout cosmic history, the mysterious ingredient be
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How much rain can a hurricane make, and does the storm size matter?
Hurricanes can produce enormous amounts of rain, adding up to trillions of gallons of water. But the big risk isn't the total amount—it's ho
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