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As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study reports. The researchers...

Sea stars able to consume kelp-eating urchins fast enough to protect kelp forests, research...

Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence that a species of endangered sea star protects kelp forests along North America's Pacific Coast by preying...

Sea stars able to consume kelp-eating urchins fast enough to protect kelp forests, research...

Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence that a species of endangered sea star protects kelp forests along North America's Pacific Coast by preying...

A fifth of California’s Sierra Nevada conifer forests are stranded in habitats that have...

Researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don't suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by...

Noble false widow spider found preying on pygmy shrew

Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in...

Noble false widow spider found preying on pygmy shrew

Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in...

Enhanced arsenic detection in water, food, soil

Scientists fabricate sensitive nanostructured silver surfaces to detect arsenic, even at very low concentrations. The sensors make use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: As a...

Scientists engineer a ‘self-charging’ electrostatic face mask for prolonged air filtration, reducing the environmental...

Researchers have engineered an electrostatic face mask that can 'self-charge' through the user's breathing and continuously replenish its electrostatic charge as the user wears...

Air pollution linked with blood pressure in London teens

In a new analysis involving adolescents living in London, exposure to higher levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide was associated with lower systolic blood...

Voiceless frog discovered in Tanzania

Researchers discovered a new species of frog in Africa that has an unusual trait: it's completely silent. The Ukaguru spiny-throated reed frog does not...

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