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Credit: Faksawat Poohphajai (InnoRenew CoE) Researchers are using biological matter to create unique new materials that can adapt to their environment and repair themselves. The science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” For Dr. Kunal Masania, an associate professor of aerospace structures and materials at … Read more

by Xia & He Publishing Inc. (a) General diagram of the miRNA biogenesis pathway. (b) The major routes of cadmium exposure and its toxic impacts. AGO, Argonaute; Cd, cadmium; Exp5, Exportin 5; miRNA, microRNA; Ran/GTP, Ras-related Nuclear protein/Guanosine Triphosphate; RISC, RNA-induced silencing complex; TRBP, TAR RNA-binding protein. Credit: Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani, Nasrin Amiri-Dashatan, Mehdi Koushki, Masoumeh … Read more

The Hunga Tonga volcano, pictured during its eruption on January 14-15, 2022. Credit: Tonga Geological Services / ZUMA Press / Zuma / RÉA, Dr. Mark Schoeberl New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Rogue social media influencers are relying on gender stereotypes, bogus claims and deceptive editing to monetize their content and increase their following, a new study has found. Influencers using these questionable tactics, which would otherwise be impermissible under UK marketing rules, are seemingly able to hide in plain sight thanks to … Read more

Average annual nutrient loss within all deer count areas from deer carcass removal for each land classification type. Credit: Ecological Solutions and Evidence (2024). DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12356 The removal of deer bodies following annual culls in Scotland may be depriving the environment of essential nutrients, according to a new study published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence. … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A brush fire that ignited during the afternoon of July 24 from a lightning strike, burning hundreds of acres north of Palomar Mountain and triggering evacuations, is expected to last several days, a fire official said. The blaze, dubbed the Grove fire, charred 900 acres and was reported to be 10% … Read more

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have found that ice starts forming near the surface of water via structures similar to a rare, recently discovered type of ice, which helps us understand ice formation better. Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Ice is far more complicated than … Read more

A blue-headed sunbird in the Albertine Rift: an example of a tropical bird with iridescent, colorful feathers. Credit: John Bates, Field Museum The color palette of the birds you see out your window depends on where you live. If you’re far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you … Read more

University of Washington researchers investigated how iBuyers—companies that use automated algorithms to quickly buy and sell homes—have affected the well-documented racial bias against Black home sellers. In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, they found that on average iBuyers paid more equal prices to Black and white home sellers than individual buyers, largely because iBuyers paid white … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The red palm weevil can devastate the valuable date palm plantations of the Middle East. Yet, date producers are still hesitant to apply new technologies that can control this invasive pest. A recent ICARDA study reveals factors that hinder pest control adoption. The findings are in the journal Blessed Tree. In … Read more