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Tackling resilience: Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change
This is the Kissimmee River in central Florida. This ecosystem-scale restoration project began two decades ago and is used as an example in the...
Hair spacing keeps honeybees clean during pollination
A honeybee is covered in commercial pollen.
Credit: Candler Hobbs, Georgia Tech
With honeybee colony health wavering and researchers trying to find technological ways of pollinating...
Poor outlook for biodiversity in Antarctica
These are Cabeater seals on an ice floe in the Antarctic Peninsula area.
Credit: Steven L. Chown
The popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean...
Male or female? Scientist challenges evidence of sex differences among dinosaurs
Dr. Jordan Mallon stands in the Canadian Museum of Nature's collections among replicas of skulls of dinosaurs previously studied for sexual dimorphism: Tyrannosaurus rex...
Asian dust providing key nutrients for California’s giant sequoias
Researchers made this device with a bundt pan and marbles to capture dust.
Credit: Chelsea Carey
Dust from as far away as the Gobi Desert in...
Mathematicians predict delaying school start times won’t help sleep deprived teenagers
Teenagers should reduce exposure to light in the evenings, say researchers.
Credit: © adam121 / Fotolia
Delaying school start times in the UK is unlikely to...
Secret of nanomaterial that makes harvesting sunlight easier
These are gold nanoparticles chemically guided inside the hot-spot of a larger gold bow-tie nanoantenna.
Credit: E Cortes et al, 2017
Using sunlight to drive chemical...
Lead exposure in childhood linked to lower IQ, lower status jobs, as adults
People screened for blood-lead level at age 11 and IQ-tested in childhood and at age 38, reveal an association between childhood lead exposures and...
Tiny bacterium provides window into whole ecosystems
The many genetic variations of the tiny bacteria called Prochlorococcus are distributed in a layered structure, with each variant adapted to the particular mix...
How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age
The feature known as Ina, as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, was likely formed by an eruption of fluffy 'magmatic foam,' new research...
Fairy circles of Namibia: New research helps scientists gain insight
This is a fairy ring in Namibia.
Credit: School of Science
A study conducted by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis adds new insights into one...
