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New way to detect coronavirus through building ventilation systems
Researchers have found a new way to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 by testing the air passing through building ventilation systems. The discovery...
Student’s research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
A doctoral student has confirmed that the cross-polar jet, a well-known wind in the upper atmosphere, sometimes inexplicably stops or is deflected or reversed...
Female bushbabies more stressed, may be more vulnerable to changing environment
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Spread of Transeurasian languages was due to agriculture
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Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today’s warming ‘unprecedented’
An effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how...
Back-to-back hurricanes expected to increase in the Gulf Coast
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New tests track sources of lead contamination in urban soils and assess its risks
Scientists have developed a suite of isotope-based tests that can be used to identify the origin of lead contamination in urban soils and assess...
Major cities could be close to self-sustaining through fully integrated solar
Net zero carbon is within reach for a major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment, new modelling has shown.
Domestic cats drive spread of Toxoplasma parasite to wildlife
New research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated...
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