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Satellite imagery captures the impact of large U.S. dams on river temperatures over the last decade
A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists has found a new way to examine the widespread effects of dams on river temperatures: using Landsat thermal infrared imager...
Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply
Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing an...
Researcher shows how AI can personalize learning for homeschooling families
More than 3.4 million American children, or about 6% of the school-age population, now learn at home, and that group has grown at nearly three times the pre-pan...
Atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other without using toxic chemicals
Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house and the MRI machine...
Researchers develop automated system to accelerate outbreak detection and disease surveillance
Biomedical engineers at Brown University have developed a fully automated workflow that simplifies and accelerates the preparation of bacterial samples for gene...
Animals in prehistoric paintings reveal hidden pattern across nine Basque caves
Iñaki Intxaurbe, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, analyzed the distribution of images in nine caves in the Basque Country using network...
Family courts must do more to hear children's voices, study says
Children involved in private family law proceedings in England can experience serious harm to their mental and physical health because their voices are too ofte...
Human eyes needed, not AI, to study the Arctic sky
Scientists studying space weather are turning to human volunteers rather than artificial intelligence to help sort through hundreds of thousands of images of th...
Sleeping sickness parasite reveals enzyme weak spot that could guide safer drugs
African sleeping sickness and related diseases can be treated only with toxic and sometimes ineffective drugs. Now, University of Connecticut researchers show i...
As Supreme Court decisions grow sharper, new study examines justices' calculated concessions
Recent U.S. Supreme Court terms have seen justices openly accuse one another of rewriting statutes, ignoring precedent and substituting policy preferences for l...
Extreme precipitation in Central Asia connected to drought in mainland Southeast Asia
In much of Asia, the effects of climate change are felt through an increased frequency of extreme weather events, especially water-related ones. Droughts are be...
Fragmented system hampering UK response to economic crime, researchers find
A new study from The University of Manchester has offered the most comprehensive look to date at how the U.K. coordinates its response to economic crime, identi...