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Are llamas big pharma's secret weapon to find new drugs?
One llama is sprawled on the grass with its neck craned, basking in a patch of sunshine. Another stands on a dirt hill, ears flattened defiantly. A third rushes...
Shrubs curb carbon emissions in China's largest desert, decades-long experiment shows
An experiment in western China over the past four decades shows that it is possible to tame the expansion of desert lands with greenery, and, in the process, pu...
Hibernating hamsters maintain muscle cells by suppressing muscle regeneration, study shows
Skeletal muscle stem cells in hibernating Syrian hamsters preserve their ability to function by suppressing their activation during the hibernation period, a re...
Saltier seas in spring double the chance of extreme El Niño events, study finds
Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a new study in Geophysical Research...
Historic winter storm kills at least 10 across US
A monster storm barreling across swaths of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancellation...
To reach net-zero, reverse current policy and protect the largest trees in the Amazon, say scientists
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015, countries around the world committed to striving towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the middl...
Vanishing birds across Norway's agricultural landscape may signal deeper changes
In Europe, it is well documented that bird species associated with agricultural landscapes have experienced a sharp decline over several decades. Since 1980, po...
Banal but brutal: Career anxiety as a driving force behind authoritarianism
Career pressure—not ideology—causes military officers to protect or overthrow dictators. New research from the Department of Political Science shows that ambiti...
Innovative catalyst enables CO₂-free production of hydrogen and formate from waste byproduct glycerol
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a method that gives access to the valuable raw materials formate and hydrogen from the w...
Arctic Weather Satellite paves way for constellation observation
Already recognized for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency's Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfill...
Chandra catalog now contains 1.3 million X-ray detections across the sky
Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has a "back catalog" of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. T...
CEO accents play role in everyday investors' decision-making, but not professionals, study finds
Within the S&P 500, only a small fraction of chief executive officers speak with an accent or come from foreign backgrounds. The figure hovers around 10%. Howev...