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Tiny songbird crosses Sahara by flying night after night
Every year a small songbird, no heavier than a letter, crosses the Sahara Desert, the Mediterranean and the Arabian Desert on its migration. New research from L...
Q&A: Nature plays role in national security
The security of every nation faces an increasingly severe and frequent threat: disruptions to nature. According to Bradley J. Cardinale, professor in the Depart...
Riding the quantum wave: Quasiparticles reveal a magneto-optical transport phenomenon
Excitons are being explored in materials science and information technology as a means of storing light. These luminous quasiparticles move through individual l...
Common soil fungus could cut pesticide use while helping tomatoes grow stronger
Trichoderma species—a common fungus found in soils—have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially affect the abundance of certain soil...
Political views may influence trust in smart technologies, research finds
Consumer trust in smart technologies—like Amazon's Alexa or Ring's video doorbells—may rely on more than just the technology. It may also depend on a person's p...
Why more gut and soil microbes could make ecosystems easier to predict
Much of the beauty—and challenge—of biology lies in its complexity. That's especially true in the microbial world, where hundreds or thousands of different bact...
Apple byproducts could power vehicles and feed livestock
A new study published in Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining highlights an innovative approach to transforming apple pomace—an often-discarded by-product of a...
From the Pampas to Patagonia, DNA reveals South America's human history
A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of South America—was strongly influenc...
Climate and competition alone cannot explain Neanderthal extinction, study finds
A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals. Why Neanderthals went extinct and...
What we lose when AI does our shopping
Americans spend a remarkable amount of time shopping—more than on education, volunteering or even talking on the phone. But the way they shop is shifting dramat...
What if humans could regrow tissue? New study moves science closer
For centuries, the inability to regrow lost body parts has been considered a defining limitation of humans and other mammals. While animals like salamanders can...
Do polysaccharide-degrading enzymes also help build polysaccharides?
Most of the carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis is ultimately stored in the cell wall, primarily in the form of polysaccharides such as cellulose, xyl...