Rheumatoid arthritis risk and noxious airborne agents
New research indicates that certain occupations may put workers at an elevated risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. The findings suggest that work-related factors, such...
Ants dominate waste management in tropical rainforests
A study has found that ants are responsible for moving more than half of food resources from the rainforest floor, playing a key role...
Salamanders that breed in the fall are less likely to disperse
With changing environments, pond-breeding salamanders face increasingly hazardous treks as the space between breeding ponds and their non-breeding habitat widens or is degraded. A...
Exposure to antimicrobials during development may cause irreversible outcomes
Exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC), an antibacterial chemical common in personal care products like soaps and lotions as well as in the...
New technique offers clues to measure the deoxygenation of the ocean
The living, breathing ocean may be slowly starting to suffocate. More than two percent of the ocean's oxygen content has been depleted during the...
Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Astronomers report that a lunar rock collected by NASA's Apollo 15 mission exhibits signs that it formed 1 to 2.5 billion years ago in...
Antarctic bacterium has one of the biggest proteins ever found
A bacterium living in the icy-cold waters of Antarctica manages to survive by gripping on to the ice surface. The protein used by the...
Environmental policy, pollution and economic growth
Air pollution policy reduces the extent to which population growth in metropolitan areas results in increased pollution emissions without disrupting the economic growth from...
A battery-inspired strategy for carbon fixation
Scientists working toward the elusive lithium-air battery discovered an unexpected approach to capturing and storing carbon dioxide away from the atmosphere. Using a design...
Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal
The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought's severity. During the...
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