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How tall and short trees can coexist in old growth forests
Forests are shaped by light competition. The trees that grow the tallest have access to the most sunlight, blocking the rays and rendering the shaded space arou...
Sponsorship is key to career progression but less than one in four relationships work
A research report launched today reveals that sponsorship is a critical part of progression into senior leadership roles because it teaches individuals how adva...
Migratory birds may carry fewer parasites between islands than expected, DNA shows
A new study published in the Journal of Helminthology by researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sc...
Quantum vacuum could help break molecular bonds with less energy, simulations suggest
A team of researchers led by Felipe Herrera, a professor at the University of Santiago and a researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO...
Opportunities across childhood best predict degrees, earnings for low-income youth
A new study led by a Boston College researcher has found that experiencing educational opportunities in all stages of childhood and adolescence is the best pred...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting sci...
Island life changed how Brazil's Noronha skink reproduces, but the lizard's strategy might be failing
Visitors to the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, located about 340 miles (545 kilometers) off the coast of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, soon notice a smal...
Saturn-ring-like laser emission from chiral polymeric microspheres
Controlling light within microscopic spaces is crucial for next-generation optical devices such as photonic integrated circuits and localized sensors. Microsphe...
Galaxy mergers aren't always obvious
The galaxy Centaurus A is about 11 million light-years away and is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the sky. Because it's so bright, it's been studied extensively...
Weak connection: Why influencers sometimes fail to influence
Conventional wisdom holds that targeting the best-connected individuals in a social network is an effective way to nudge a wider group of people to change their...
Where rivers face collapse: New tool shows where conservation dollars can do most good
Freshwater ecosystems are under growing pressure worldwide, but conservation resources are limited. A framework developed by IIASA researchers and partners can...
Fungi communicate with one another in the presence of metal pollution in forests
VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies—the fungi—respond to soil pollution. His Ph.D. sheds new light on a...