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Certified ‘sustainable’ palm oil fields endanger mammal habitats and biodiverse tropical...
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Global concern has risen around the "sustainability" of palm oil in terms of global exportation and the impact on the...
Global methane emissions soar to record high
Global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record. Increases are being driven primarily by growth of emissions from coal mining, oil...
Researchers report 3-D printed latex rubber breakthrough
Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a novel process to 3-D print latex rubber, unlocking the ability to print a variety of elastic materials with...
Study reveals how a dangerous parasite controls its host cell to...
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered new information about how a dangerous parasite takes control of a patient's cells as it...
Scientists discover heavy element chemistry can change at high pressures
New research shows that one of the heaviest known elements can be manipulated to a greater degree than previously thought, potentially paving the way...
Converting female mosquitoes to non-biting males with implications for mosquito control
Virginia Tech researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed...
Biosignatures may reveal a wealth of new data locked inside old...
Step aside, skeletons—a new world of biochemical 'signatures' found in all kinds of ancient fossils is revealing itself to paleontologists, providing a new avenue...
Archaeologists date earliest known occupation of North America
A team led by Newcastle University, UK, used analysis of ancient coprolites—fossilized excrement—to identify that samples from one of the most famous "pre-Clovis" sites...
Blast sends star hurtling across the Milky Way
An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with another star in a "partial supernova" and is now hurtling across our...
Physicists introduce novel mechanism for electron optics in solid-state systems
Electrons can interfere in the same manner as water, acoustical or light waves do. When exploited in solid-state materials, such effects promise novel functionality...
Astronomers map massive structure beyond Laniakea Supercluster
For the past decade, an international team of astronomers, led in part by Brent Tully at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, has...
