Capturing a true picture of wolves in Yellowstone: Reevaluating aspen recovery
Previous studies evaluated aspen recovery in Yellowstone by measuring the five tallest young aspen within a stand, but sampling only the tallest young aspen...
Quantum confinement discovered in porous nano-photocatalyst
Green hydrogen production from solar water splitting has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years because hydrogen is a fuel of high...
Climate change will destroy familiar environments, create new ones and undermine efforts to protect...
Climate change is altering familiar conditions of the world's oceans and creating new environments that could undermine efforts to protect sea life in the...
Researchers find repeated link between volcanic eruptions and dynastic collapse in China’s Imperial Era
Volcanic eruptions may have triggered abrupt climate changes contributing to the repeated collapse of Chinese dynasties over the past 2,000 years, according to new...
Singing, being male, and being an adult tend to produce more respiratory aerosols, study...
A new study measured respiratory particles produced from people singing or playing instruments. Is singing worse than talking when it comes to how many...
Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress
New observations of the atomic structure of iron reveal it undergoes 'twinning' under extreme stress and pressure.
PFAS exposure, high-fat diet drive prostate cells’ metabolism into pro-cancer state
A high-fat diet synergizes with exposure to PFAS to change the metabolism of benign and malignant prostate cells, according to a new study in...
Coal creation mechanism uncovered
The mechanism behind one of the first stages of coal creation may not be what we thought it was, according to a team of...
Pacific rockfish and the trade-offs of a long life
Pacific rockfish are among the longest-lived vertebrates -- some species live 200+ years. Yet others live barely 10. Their varied lifespans make rockfish a...
Inexpensive carbon-based catalyst for carbon neutrality
Researchers develop a catalyst screening system for carbon dioxide conversion. Computer simulation evaluates and screens catalysts to enable efficient designs.
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