New insights into close encounters between albatross and fishing vessels

A novel analysis of encounters between albatross and commercial fishing vessels across the North Pacific Ocean is giving researchers important new understanding about seabird-vessel...

How improving acoustic monitoring of bats could help protecting biodiversity

In order to assess the risk of bats dying at wind turbines, it is common practice to record the acoustic activity of bats within...

Technology uses ‘single’ approach to develop electronics, acoustics

An innovator developed a new approach to creating popular thin films for devices across a broad range of fields, including optics, acoustics and electronics....

Revealing complex behavior of a turbulent plume at the calving front of a Greenlandic...

Scientists have succeeded in continuous monitoring of a subglacial discharge plume, providing a deeper understanding of the glacier-fjord environment.

Two new species of already-endangered screech owls discovered in Amazon rainforest

Researchers described two new species of screech owls that live in the Amazon and Atlantic forests, both of which are already critically endangered. The...

Engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water

Filters made from tree branches can purify drinking water sources, a new study finds. Prototypes of these xylem filters, tested in India, show promise...

Even small increases in NO2 levels could be linked to heightened risk of heart...

Even small increases in nitrogen dioxide levels in the air may be linked to increases in cardiovascular and respiratory deaths, according to new research.

Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen

Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion a telltale sign of bacterial spot disease. The specks don't...

Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen

Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion a telltale sign of bacterial spot disease. The specks don't...

Decline in black cherry regeneration may herald wider forest change

Reasons for more than a decade of black cherry regeneration decline in the Allegheny Hardwood Regions are not well-understood; a team of scientists looked...

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