Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere
Flatburn is an open-source, mobile pollution detector intended to let people measure air quality cheaply.
New approach to harvesting aerial humidity with organic crystals
Researchers have reported a novel method of harvesting water from naturally occurring sources such as fog and dew.
Humans are altering the diet of Tasmanian devils, which may accelerate their decline
New research shows how human-modified landscapes affect the diets of these marsupial scavengers.
Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in the Bronze...
The coveted metal copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs...
Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators
There's been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime flowering in many plants as the world warms. The trend alarms biologists because it has the...
Genetics as conservation tool for endangered chimpanzees
The western chimpanzees of Guinea are threatened by mining activities. Using a novel genetic approach, researchers have collected information on population size and community...
Indigenous Ashaninka DNA helps geneticists write new chapters of pre-colonial history in South America
Geneticists have written new chapters in the reconstruction of pre-colonial Americas history after using DNA from the indigenous Ashaninka people from Amazonian Peru. They...
Increasing hypoxia on global coral reefs under ocean warming
AbstractOcean deoxygenation is predicted to threaten marine ecosystems globally. However, current and future oxygen concentrations and the occurrence of hypoxic events on coral reefs...
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