Blow flies can be used detect use of chemical weapons, other pollutants
A study suggests blow flies could be used to detect the use of chemical weapons -- as well as other dangerous substances -- in...
Life at the top: Scientists find first molecular clues behind high-altitude adaptation in gelada...
An international research team has put together the first gelada reference genome, assembled from a single wild adult female gelada from the Simien Mountains,...
Win-wins in environmental management hard to find
When a booming marine fishery can increase its shrimp catch while also reducing unintentional bycatch of turtles --t hat's an example of what environmental...
Student researchers improve coral restoration efforts
A recent study revealed that exposing rice coral larvae to warmer temperatures did not improve survival once the coral developed into juveniles and were...
Understanding complex faults: Rupture propagation during the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake
Researchers have identified irregular rupture propagation during the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake in Mexico by incorporating teleseismic P waveform inversion with traditional modeling, allowing...
Breaking down plastic into its constituent parts
A team of ETH researchers led by Athina Anastasaki have succeeded in breaking down plastic into its molecular building blocks and in recovering over...
Remote Indian Ocean reefs bounce back quickly after bleaching
Coral reefs in remote or protected areas can recover quickly after mass coral bleaching events, new research shows.
Older wildfire smoke plumes can affect climate
Aerosols carried in wildfire smoke plumes that are hundreds of hours old can still affect climate, according to a new study.
Study examines disparities in air pollution affecting American Indian communities
New research highlights disparities in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends between American Indian (AI) and non-AI populated U.S. counties. PM2.5 is one of several...
Rewriting the history books: Why the Vikings left Greenland
One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985,...
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