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Credit: Mariia Klymenko (Vienna) Birds of a feather flock together but strong pairing in geese has been shown to produce better breeding results, according to a new study. Focusing on a group of captive greylag geese, bird behavior experts from the University of Vienna and Flinders University have looked into the parental benefits of ‘made … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing the flow of iron into them can increase the amount of carbon fixed by phytoplankton, with consequences for the global climate. … Read more

This illustration demonstrates how atomic configurations with an equiatomic concentration of niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta) and vanadium (V) can become disordered. The AI model helps researchers identify potential atomic configurations that can be used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear reactor. Credit: Massimiliano Lupo Pasini / ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy … Read more

Transmission electron micrograph of a new material sporting wavy layers of atoms. Credit: Checkelsky Lab, MIT MIT physicists and colleagues have created a new material with unusual superconducting and metallic properties, thanks to wavy layers of atoms only billionths of a meter thick that repeat themselves over and over to create a macroscopic sample that … Read more

This picture taken by LOFAR shows Porphyrion, with the galaxy hosting the supermassive black hole in the centre. The largest blob-like structure near the centre is a separate smaller jet system. The relative size of our Milky Way galaxy is indicated in the lower-right corner. Credit: LOFAR Collaboration / Martijn Oei (Caltech) The largest known … Read more

Phosphate starvation induced catechin biosynthetic gene expression and production accumulation. Credit: Horticulture Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae178 Catechins, the key active components in tea, are known for their protective effects against conditions like diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. However, their biosynthesis is highly sensitive to environmental factors, particularly phosphate (Pi) availability, which is often scarce in … Read more

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. Our personal-level cognition and our relationships with others work in concert to shape our views of the world and influence how likely we are to update those views when we encounter new information. In the past, … Read more

Microbial contribution to the tree of life and to global living biomass. Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.051 The tiniest and oldest creatures on—and in—Earth have a huge role in achieving a sustainable future for the planet, an international team of scientists, including faculty researchers from The Ohio State University, asserts in a new Cell article … Read more

Sofie Björklund has been studying PFAS substances in her doctoral project in collaboration with Umeå Energi. Credit: Mattias Pettersson PFAS, often called “forever chemicals,” present in municipal solid waste can survive the high temperatures of waste incineration and continue to spread into the environment via residues from waste-to-energy plants. A new doctoral thesis from Sofie … Read more