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Cheaper hydrogen production
Electrolytic hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is seen as an environmentally friendly means to ameliorate global climate and energy problems. A research team...
Young female black bears in Asheville, North Carolina, are big, have cubs early
Black bears (Ursus americanus) reproduced at a younger age in urban areas and were nearly twice the size of bears in national forests shortly...
A recent reversal in the response of western Greenland’s ice caps to climate change
Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting...
Transforming ‘sewer gas’ into clean hydrogen fuel
Scientists have found a new chemical process to turn a stinky, toxic gas into a clean-burning fuel.
Scientists solve mystery of icy plumes that may foretell deadly supercell storms
The most devastating tornadoes are often preceded by a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billowing above a severe thunderstorm. New research reveals...
Ancient sea ice core sheds light on modern climate change
A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea...
Moth wingtips an ‘acoustic decoy’ to thwart bat attack
Wingtips of certain species of silkmoth are structured to reflect sound and throw off attackers, according to a new study.
Critical data needed for monitoring and preserving biodiversity is missing
The world's largest repository of raw genomic sequences from wild plants, animals and fungi is missing critical data necessary to monitor and protect the...
Ancient marsupial ‘junk DNA’ might be useful after all, scientists say
Viral fossils buried in DNA may protect against future virus infections, a new marsupial study suggests.
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