Science
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Simulation reveals how glaciers transported rocks across the Alps 24,000 years ago
Many of the boulders scattered across the Swiss landscape did not originate where they now stand. Instead, they were carried by ice nearly 24,000 years ago. For...
Beyond the 24-hour day: How employee biological clocks and beliefs drive workplace cooperation
Employees' biological clocks do more than determine when they reach for coffee; they fundamentally shape how, when and why people help each other at work. A stu...
Coral loss may erase up to $3 billion in Hawaiʻi reef recreation by 2100
Coral reef decline driven by climate change could cost Hawaiʻi residents between $1.8 billion and $3 billion in lost reef-related activities by 2100, according...
More Canadian than the beaver? Scientists discover a western toad found only in Canada
The beaver and moose may be enduring symbols of Canadian wildlife, but neither is uniquely Canadian from a genetic perspective. But a team of researchers from t...
Ecological factors, not social behavior, explain brain size in cephalopods
Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish may have evolved large brains because of the challenges posed by their environments rather than the demands of social life, acco...
Zero-waste plastic and color recycling: The end of colored plastic downgrading could be near
In the world of market competition, having the best and brightest package could send company sales into the millions. On the other hand, the amount of colored p...
Single ion maps 3D electromagnetic fields above chips with record sensitivity
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method that uses a single ion to detect electromagnetic fields above a surface and to create a three-dimensional map...
Awe and the 'overview effect' may shape how students learn geography
University of Phoenix College of General Studies announced the publication of a new article in The Geography Teacher, authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associ...
Synchronized infrared lasers control molecular shape changes and expose hidden fingerprints
Researchers from the Molecular Physics and Physical Chemistry departments of the Fritz Haber Institute have shown how two highly synchronized infrared (IR) lase...
Modern life may be outpacing the human mind
The human brain evolved for a world of familiar faces, immediate threats and small social groups. But the world around us is changing far faster than human biol...
Could 'Trojan horse'-type microorganisms that exploit symbiotic systems be candidates for new biological pesticides?
Researchers at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Electro-Communi...
Purine-heavy DNA sequences protect Bacillus subtilis genes from Rho termination
In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and riboso...