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Oxygen loss in the coastal Baltic Sea is ‘unprecedentedly severe’
The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world's largest dead zones, areas of oxygen-starved waters where most marine animals can't survive. But...
Global warming may be twice what climate models predict
A new study based on evidence from past warm periods suggests global warming may be double what is forecast.
Future global warming may eventually be...
Swimming bacteria work together to go with the flow
Swimming bacteria can reduce the viscosity of ordinary liquids like water and make them flow more easily, sometimes down to the point where the...
Scientists create embryos, hope to save near-extinct rhino
Months after the death of Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, scientists said Wednesday they have grown embryos containing DNA of his...
Marine mammals most at risk from increased Arctic ship traffic
In August 2016, the first large cruise ship traveled through the Northwest Passage, the northern waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The following...
The Gaia Sausage: The major collision that changed the Milky Way galaxy
An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed the "Sausage"...
Milky Way type dust particles discovered in a galaxy 11 billion light years from...
An international research team, with participation from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, has found the same type of interstellar dust...
Even phenomenally dense neutron stars fall like a feather
Einstein's understanding of gravity, as outlined in his general theory of relativity, predicts that all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of their...
Breakthrough synthesis strategy could mean wave of new medicinal compounds
In pharmacology, not all molecular structures are created equal. Some frameworks are overrepresented in nature, making them especially attractive to scientists on the hunt...
Rising sea levels could cost the world $14 trillion a year by 2100
Failure to meet the United Nations' 2ºC warming limits will lead to sea level rise and dire global economic consequences, new research has warned.
Published...
New method discovered to view proteins inside human cells
Scientists at the University of Warwick have created a new way to view proteins that are inside human cells.
Using Ferritin, a large protein shell...
