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Drawing the line: Virtual fences trigger the same cattle behavior as physical ones
Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient while improving animal welfare. A new study by the University of...
Secure glass containers for storing chemical waste through laser welding
As the adoption of electric vehicles continues to grow, so does the need for the safe and permanent storage of battery materials and industrial chemical waste....
Synthetic rotation brings black hole energy theory into lab, amplifying waves
More than half a century ago, Sir Roger Penrose envisioned a scenario in which energy could be extracted from a black hole spinning at extreme speeds. He propos...
Immune cells get transformed into fungus-fighting nanoparticles
Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that are becoming harder to treat. Engin...
When species are forced to move: Prediction models underestimate climate-related extinction risk
Climate change threatens many plant and animal species not only when their habitats disappear as climatic conditions change, but also when those habitats shift....
Ribosome-based gene circuit lets cells read six signals and trigger responses
The molecular machinery that normally builds proteins inside cells has now taken on a new role as a "switch." A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of S...
The gap between forecasts and reality can change public emotions during disasters
What happens when weather forecasts do not match reality? How does the public emotionally respond when a disaster unfolds differently from what they expected? A...
Heavy traffic can turn flower-rich verges into bumblebee traps, study finds
Flower-rich road verges may attract hungry bumblebees, but at the same time, they can be dangerous for the buzzing insects—if traffic is too heavy. The new rese...
Managing water with local wisdom and science
Across a narrow watershed in Asakura, a rural city in Fukuoka Prefecture, centuries-old stone channels still guide water through fields and into the river below...
A robot that reads bacteria by touch, without staining or chemical labels
Fast identification of bacteria is important in health care, food safety, environmental monitoring and infection control. One of the most common first steps is...
World's largest whale graveyard discovered by Chinese sub
The world's largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and...
Tiny worms reveal backup circuits that keep survival reflexes from failing
A research team led by Professor Chaogu Zheng from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with scientists from...