Soil characteristics may be related to chronic wasting disease persistence, study finds
Deer infected with chronic wasting disease are doomed to a slow and certain death, eventually wasting away as they lose the ability to eat...
Molecular weapons of the plant microbiome
Researchers have pinpointed the identity of a toxin used by a soil-dwelling bacterium that protects plants from disease.
2017 was an average year for worldwide shark attacks, deaths
With 88 reported unprovoked shark attacks and five fatalities worldwide, 2017 was "just an average year," according to recent research.
New information about the Flint water crisis
The Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership research team found that the majority of Legionnaires' disease cases that occurred during the 2014-15 outbreak...
Mapping the first family tree for tropical forests
More than 100 researchers have collaborated to classify the world's tropical forests according to their evolutionary history, a process that will help researchers predict...
Farm sunshine, not cancer: Replacing tobacco fields with solar arrays
Researchers contend that tobacco farmers could increase profits by converting their land to solar farms, which in turn provides renewable energy generation.
Powerful new dataset reveals patterns of global ozone pollution
Although ozone pollution is dropping across many parts of the United States, western Europe and Japan, many people living in those countries still experience...
Long-term economic impact of cover crops
Researchers have examined data from the past 29 years to determine whether it is profitable to include cover crops in an erosion management strategy....
Reducing the footprint of a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide
Scientists have unlocked a new, more efficient pathway for converting one of our most potent greenhouse gases directly into basic chemicals for manufacturing plastics,...
Massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost
Researchers have discovered permafrost in the northern hemisphere stores massive amounts of natural mercury, a finding with significant implications for human health and ecosystems...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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