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Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off us...
More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas were acidic and rich in...
For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Envir...
Beyond their sparkle, diamonds have hidden talents. They shed heat better than any material, tolerate extreme temperatures and radiation, and handle h...
Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs...
The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in...
The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet that now bears his name. Thi...
A research team has investigated quasar variability by tracking optical to mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths of variability information. This multiband j...
It is hard to imagine that anyone could have missed the fact that such economic crashes occur from time to time—crashes that could have terrible conse...
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the Centro de Astrobiología (CA...
It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change—and a near-kn...
A new research study found that well-managed fisheries can support the recovery of large marine predators such as seals and porpoises, showing that co...
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