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| Crayfish and carp among the invasive species pushing lakes towards ecosystem collapse Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:36 PM PDT Certain invasive, non-native species can disrupt lakes to the point of rapid ecosystem collapse, contaminating water for drinking, aquaculture and recreation, a new study has found. |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2021 02:07 PM PDT A new study looks at the causal relationship between outdoor air pollution levels on nationwide university entry examination day and students' cognitive performance in Brazil. |
| Genetic analysis reveals differences in mate choice between wild and hatchery coho salmon Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:01 PM PDT A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in how the two types of fish form mating pairs. |
| Record-breaking Texas drought more severe than previously thought Posted: 06 Oct 2021 01:00 PM PDT In 2011, Texas experienced one of its worst droughts ever. The dry, parched conditions caused over $7 billion in crop and livestock losses, sparked wildfires, pushed power grids to the limit, and reduced reservoirs to dangerously low levels. And according to a recent study led by geoscientists, the drought was worse than previously thought. |
| Extinction and origination patterns change after mass extinctions Posted: 06 Oct 2021 11:34 AM PDT A sweeping analysis of marine fossils from most of the past half-billion years shows the usual rules of body size evolution change during mass extinctions and their recoveries. The discovery is an early step toward predicting how evolution will play out on the other side of the current extinction crisis. |
| Protecting the ozone layer is delivering vast health benefits Posted: 06 Oct 2021 10:49 AM PDT An international agreement to protect the ozone layer is expected to prevent 443 million cases of skin cancer and 63 million cataract cases for people born in the United States through the end of this century, according to new research. The research team developed a computer modeling approach that revealed the effect of the Montreal Protocol and subsequent amendments on stratospheric ozone, the associated reductions in ultraviolet radiation, and the resulting health benefits. |
| How ‘ice needles’ weave patterns of stones in frozen landscapes Posted: 06 Oct 2021 10:49 AM PDT Experiments and modeling work offers new insights into the striking patterns of repeating stones seen in frost-prone landscapes. |
| Earth’s ‘solid’ inner core may contain both mushy and hard iron Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:27 AM PDT New research suggests that Earth's 'solid' inner core is, in fact, endowed with a range of liquid, soft, and hard structures which vary across the top 150 miles of the inner core. |
| Catalysts found to convert carbon dioxide to fuel Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:27 AM PDT The goal of tackling global warming by turning carbon dioxide into fuel could be one step closer with researchers using a supercomputer to identify a group of 'single-atom' catalysts that could play a key role. |
| Early human activities impacted Earth’s atmosphere more than previously known Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:26 AM PDT An international team of scientists used data from Antarctic ice cores to trace a 700-year old increase in black carbon to an unlikely source: ancient Maori land-burning practices in New Zealand, conducted at a scale that impacted the atmosphere across much of the Southern Hemisphere and dwarfed other preindustrial emissions in the region during the past 2,000 years. Their results make it clear that human activities have impacted Earth's atmosphere and climate earlier and at larger scales than previously known. |
| Machine learning helps reveal cells’ inner structures in new detail Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:26 AM PDT Scientists have created a set of tools to make annotated 3D images of cells, showing the relationships between different organelles. |
| Boosting the cell's power house Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:26 AM PDT Severe fatigue, muscle weakness, even blindness -- mitochondrial diseases have various symptoms. In fact, the majority of genetic diseases are caused by defects of the mitochondria. Hence, understanding these 'power houses' of our cells is crucial for the developments of new treatments. Researchers now show the structure of a protein complex essential for their work. |
| Very potent antiviral against dengue Posted: 06 Oct 2021 08:26 AM PDT Researchers have developed an ultrapotent inhibitor of the dengue virus, which causes the tropical disease known as dengue. The antiviral molecule is exceptionally effective against all known dengue variants and could be used for therapeutic and prevention purposes. |
| The role of diet in the rise of modern shark communities Posted: 06 Oct 2021 07:44 AM PDT The availability of prey and the ability to adapt to changing environments played key roles in the evolution of sharks. A new study, in which over 3,000 shark teeth were analyzed, provides new insight into how modern shark communities were established. |
| 'Living medicine' created to treat drug-resistant infections Posted: 06 Oct 2021 06:55 AM PDT Researchers have created 'living medicine' to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria growing on the surfaces of medical implants. The researchers created the treatment by removing a common bacteria's ability to cause disease and repurposing it to attack harmful microbes instead. The findings are an important first step for the development of new treatments for these type of infections, which account for 80% of all infections acquired in hospital settings. |
| Scientists can switch on plants’ response to light Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:05 AM PDT Scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth, even in shade. The discovery could help increase food supply for an expanding population with shrinking opportunities for farming. |
| Years of exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise may raise heart failure risk Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:05 AM PDT A study including more than 22,000 female nurses in Denmark evaluated exposure over 15-20 years to air pollution and road traffic noise to evaluate the impact on heart failure. Exposure to small particulate matter and road traffic noise over three years was associated with an increased risk for heart failure. The risks were greater among women who were former smokers or women who had high blood pressure. |
| Honeybees’ waggle dance reveals bees in rural areas travel farther for food Posted: 06 Oct 2021 05:05 AM PDT By decoding honeybees' waggle dances, which tell other bees where to find food, researchers have found that bees in agricultural areas travel farther for food than those in urban areas. |
| Concentrate farming to leave room for species and carbon, better than ‘eco-friendly’ agriculture Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:10 PM PDT Farming should be as high-yield as possible so it can be limited to relatively small areas, allowing much more land to be left as natural habitats while still meeting future food targets, according to a major new analysis of over a decade of research. |
| Smart parrots need more stimulation Posted: 05 Oct 2021 04:09 PM PDT The smarter the bird, the more unique welfare needs it has in captivity, according to a new study that helps to explain why many intelligent animals struggle in captivity. The findings are also important to owners of intelligent birds to ensure they provide them with naturalistic diets rather than processed foods. |
| Large scale solar parks cool surrounding land Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:48 AM PDT Researchers studying two solar parks, situated in arid locations, found they produced 'cool islands' extending around 700 meters from the solar park boundaries. The temperature of surrounding land surface was reduced by up to 2.3 degrees at 100 meters away from the solar park, with the cooling effects reducing exponentially to 700 meters. This new discovery is important as it shows the solar park could impact ecological processes, including productivity, decomposition, and ultimately the carbon balance, in the surrounding landscape. |
| ‘The mother of all cannabinoids’: Anti-seizure compounds discovered in cannabis Posted: 05 Oct 2021 07:19 AM PDT Scientists have found that three rare cannabinoids reduce seizures in mice. They using the information to develop a better cannabis-based treatment for Dravet syndrome, an intractable childhood epilepsy. |
| Structure formation in mini-organs Posted: 05 Oct 2021 07:18 AM PDT The development of alveoli in organoids derived from mammary-gland tissue follows the same physical principles as the formation of discrete droplets in a water jet. |
| The case of the aquarium's disappearing medicine Posted: 04 Oct 2021 11:03 AM PDT After medicine went missing from the Shedd Aquarium's quarantine habitat, researchers cracked the case. They found microbes eating the medicine for nitrogen. |
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