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Icecaps are losing mass rapidly, a new study indicates. »
Study reveals clues about the origin of crystals that formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. »
For many, the Thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, is little more than a roadside weed, but the plant has a long history of assisting (...) »
Memory device could bolster computing applications, help answer fundamental questions. »
The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly linked to temperature. »
Humans can do lots of things plants can't do: walk around, talk, hear and see and touch (...) »
Researchers can predict whether nanoparticles in soil are likely to be absorbed by plants. »
A first-of-its-kind large-scale study of vegetation growth in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 30 years has found that vegetation is becoming increasingly (...) »
Heroes and villains abound in the story of trace elements, which are found in exceedingly low amounts in the ocean. Elements such as iron or zinc, are critical to marine life and play a key role in regulating the global carbon cycle. »
Among 6- and 7-year-olds who were born extremely preterm — before the 28th week of pregnancy (...) »
A mysterious whiff of an unstable chemical in the skies of Venus may not be a sign of life but the result of explosive volcanic eruptions, a new study finds. »
Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and North Carolina State University recently found that a stable, naturally occurring, health-promoting (...) »
Discovery may have strong impact, from water purification to drug manufacturing. »
Researchers have found that eating disorder behaviors, such as binge-eating, alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce these behaviors. »
A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human (...) »
Bdelloid rotifers are multicellular animals, so small a microscope is needed to see them. Despite their size, they're known for being tough -- capable of surviving drying, freezing, starvation and low oxygen. »
Researchers at the U.S. Department of (...) »
Microscopic imperfections in rock crystals deep beneath Earth’s surface play a deciding factor (...) »
Experiments confirm interaction of electrons and Alfvén waves. »
Discovery of ancient plant fossils offers clues to the origin of flowering plants. »
Unique historical baseline reveals dramatic changes in composition of Sargassum. »
Scientists may have cracked the case of Earth's deep quakes. »
Could a devastating comet impact in Earth's distant past have forever changed human civilization? »
Study first to quantify optimal mangrove root hydrodynamics. »
Analysis of Big Data traces where water goes when it leaves the Atlantic Ocean basin. »
Implications for functions ranging from tissue repair to antimicrobial responses. »
About 25 million years ago, giant rhinos more than 16 feet tall roamed the Earth. They are considered the largest land mammal that ever lived — but their evolutionary history and dispersal across Asia have left scientists puzzled. »
Scientists provide insight into a critical step in how some viruses reproduce. »
According to a new study, Earth tilted by 12 degrees about 84 million years ago. »
Each year, landslides kill thousands of people around the world. »
Largest sample of galaxies surveyed over an enormous piece of the sky. »
Global survey of fossil pollen has shown that the planet's vegetation is changing, »
When Betelgeuse, a bright orange star in the constellation of Orion, became visibly darker (...) »
Researchers report way of making objects invisible to thermal measurements. »
Whether it's plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens (...) »
Coffee farmers should grow the crop under shade to provide a conducive environment for a parasite that could control the fungal disease leaf rust, an expert says. »
Analysis reveals forest connections that underscore diversity's role in ecosystem health. »
Smashing together lead particles at 99.9999991% the speed of the light, scientists have recreated the first matter that appeared after the Big Bang. »
Study shows link between mutations of GAS2 gene and ability to amplify incoming sound. »
Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create "lightsabers" -- green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader -- with actual luminous beams. »
Scientists find a new way to determine age of diamonds, and what made them. »
When Earth's temperatures spiked and oxygen levels in the ocean plummeted some 252 million years ago, (...) »
Scientists at Stony Brook University and (...) »
Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues to evolution, health. »
Coral microbiomes recover from a laboratory-induced stressor. »
A team of volcanologists who observed the colossal 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, have tracked how potentially toxic metals carried in its gas plumes were transported away from the volcano to be deposited on the landscape. »
Tsunami risk is higher for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays. »
Two clusters of brain cells compete to promote either the persistence or disappearance of traumatic memories, according to a new study conducted in mice. »
Sea ice cover in the Southern Hemisphere is extremely variable. »
A NASA team has found that organic, or carbon-containing, salts are likely present on Mars, with implications for the Red Planet's past habitability. »