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Conveying the concept of blue carbon in Japanese media: New study provides insights
Blue carbon refers to organic carbon captured and stored by the marine and vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass mea...
Tanzania is losing fertile land to soil erosion: What's happening and what can be done
Across large parts of northern Tanzania, gully erosion—soil erosion caused by flowing water—is cutting deep scars through fertile farmland, grazing areas, roads...
Truth hurts: Prosocial liars perceived as more moral, study finds
While most of us value honesty, we consider those who skew reality to avoid hurting others to be more moral. Despite that, we prefer to hear the harsh truth whe...
Q&A: How researchers and communities build mutually beneficial work
Community-engaged research often raises questions about who benefits from academic work and how knowledge moves between universities and the people most affecte...
New robotic sampler aims to transform monitoring of aquatic ecosystems
Invasive species, pathogens, and parasites can have serious ecological consequences for aquatic ecosystems and also put human health and economies at risk. Earl...
Light offers a non-invasive alternative to painkillers in veterinary medicine
Turning on the light to turn off pain: This is the principle behind a new analgesic method called light-induced analgesia (LIA), discovered by scientists from t...
Global population living with extreme heat expected to double by 2050
A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2....
Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers
Researchers at the University of Maine and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are collaborating on a new way to dry non-...
Octopus numbers exploded around the UK's south-west coast in 2025. A new report explores this rare phenomenon
Cold spray whipped off the ropes as a diesel engine throbbed in the background. One by one, empty shellfish pots came over the side of the fishing boat, occasio...
What an ancient jellyfish can teach us about the evolution of sleep
An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops from roughly 36 pulses a minute to...
Life in fossil bones: What we can learn from tiny traces of ancient blood chemicals
Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body's health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a pict...
Unlocking the high-performance potential of CF₃SF₄
Fluorine has changed the world of medicine. You might not see it, but newly approved drugs contain at least one fluorine atom. This tiny but powerful element is...