Understanding how pathogenic fungi build their carbohydrate armor
A research team revealed the molecular architecture of fungal cell walls and the structural responses to stresses, aiding the development of antifungal drugs targeting...
Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment
Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed...
Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production
Nickel-cobalt metal dimer on nitrogen-doped carbon can catalyze electrolysis under both acidic and basic conditions.
Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind plant growth
A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large...
Antarctic ice-sheet destabilized within a decade
After the natural warming that followed the last Ice Age, there were repeated periods when masses of icebergs broke off from Antarctica into the...
Rivers play key role in destructive coastal flooding, new research shows
Rising oceans get more attention in climate change discussions, but rivers are rising, too, according to new research by a University of South Carolina...
Speeding up the energy transition reduces climate risks
The World Climate Conference in Glasgow has just ended, and the question is whether the goal of maximum global heating of 1.5°C can still...
Study confirms that Gabon is the largest stronghold for critically endangered African forest elephants
The most comprehensive survey conducted of elephant numbers in the Central African nation of Gabon since the late 1980s has found elephants occurring in...
Macrogrid study: Big value in connecting America’s eastern and western power grids
A 'macrogrid' that increases the electricity moving between America's Eastern and Western interconnections, two of the biggest power grids on the planet, would more...
Researchers unlock the potential of trees for managing environmental impacts in cities
Researchers have conducted an empirical field study and concluded that single urban trees, such as street trees, function differently than trees grown in clusters...
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