Finding genes to help fruiting plants adapt to droughts
Researchers have conducted the first spatiotemporal study of the effects of prolonged water stress on tomato fruits, identifying genes that could help plant breeders...
Landslide risk remains years after even a weak earthquake
Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration -- even several years after a significant earthquake.
Earthquake lab experiments produce aftershock-like behavior
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a major seismic event.
‘Digital footprints’ central to new approach for studying post-disturbance recreation changes
A new social media-based study of recreation visitation in the Gorge following the Eagle Creek Fire expands on research launched in 2016 -- and...
How giant-faced owls snag voles hidden in snow
Several of great gray owls' physical features, especially parts of their wings and face, help them correct for sonic distortions caused by snow, enabling...
Large terrestrial mammals are more vulnerable to the acoustic impact of drones than to...
Large terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to the acoustic sounds of drones, technological systems which are increasingly used to study the wildlife in open habitats...
Nanodiamonds can be activated as photocatalysts with sunlight
Nanodiamond materials have potential as low-cost photocatalysts. But until now, such carbon nanoparticles required high-energy UV light to become active. The DIACAT consortium has...
Ultra-sensitive optical sensor can reduce hydrogen’s risks
In the pursuit of clean and renewable energy, hydrogen plays an important role. But a major challenge facing this transition is that the gas...
Designing better water filters with AI
Even the best water filters let some things through, but designing improved materials and then testing them is time consuming and difficult. Now, researchers...
Heatwaves could reduce the survival of coral larvae and the connectivity of coral populations...
Global climate change and, in particular, the warming of the oceans has caused the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves to increase every year,...
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