Why do Earth’s hemispheres look equally bright when viewed from space?
When seen from space, Earth's hemispheres -- northern and southern -- appear equally bright. For years, the brightness symmetry between hemispheres remained a mystery....
Single gene causes sea anemone’s stinging cell to lose its sting
When scientists disabled a single regulatory gene in a species of sea anemone, a stinging cell that shoots a venomous miniature harpoon for hunting...
Fungi that causes pine ghost canker detected in southern California trees
Fungal pathogens that cause pine ghost canker are infecting conifer trees in urban forests of Southern California, scientists found.
New design for lithium-air battery could offer much longer driving range compared with the...
Scientists have built and tested for a thousand cycles a lithium-air battery design that could one day be powering cars, domestic airplanes, long-haul trucks...
Prioritize tackling toxic emissions from tires, urge experts
Experts are calling for more to be done to limit the potentially harmful impact of toxic tire particles on health and the environment.
Climate change, urbanization drive major declines in Los Angeles’ birds in California, US
Biologists use current and historical bird surveys to reveal how land use change has amplified -- and in some cases mitigated -- the impacts...
Forecasting malaria outbreaks
A new study integrates climate, land use, and socioeconomic data to explain and predict malaria dynamics at the village level. The approach could inform...
‘Electronic nose’ built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires that could revolutionize health monitoring
Scientists recently announced the invention of a nanowire 10,000 times thinner than a human hair that can be cheaply grown by common bacteria and...
Early Cretaceous shift in the global carbon cycle affected both land and sea
Geologists doing fieldwork in southeastern Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation found carbon isotope evidence that the site, though on land, experienced the same early Cretaceous...
As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are adjusting their migration patterns
As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could affect the...
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