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Tree pollen remains in the air up to 11 hours after rains. »
Twelve minutes into the flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, the spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, signaling the end of the climb to space. »
Polar ice sheets melting faster than previously estimated may result in the oceans rising by as much as 1.3 metres by 2100, according to projections in a new international study. »
Tropical forests can develop resistance to a warmer climate, but 71 per cent will come under threat in the next decade if global average temperatures reach two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a new study warns. »
SpaceX successfully launched its first crewed mission at 1922 UTC yesterday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in a Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket. »
A second wave of desert locusts in Africa and Asia is threatening famine for millions as critical resources are directed towards the COVID-19 crisis, scientists warn. »
Scientists use genomics, archaeology, and climate data to reconstruct history of rice. »
Scientists found significant benefit to the environment and to crop yield in no-till agriculture. »
Chia is considered a pseudocereal commonly used as food in several countries of South America, Mexico, and the United States. »
Scientists have discovered that bumblebees can cause plants to flower as much as 30 days ahead of schedule by biting their leaves. »
To find out, scientists shake up balancing act of plant metabolism. »
Newly developed robots can move quickly on solid surfaces or in water. »
In a recently published study, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa revealed the largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth. »
An Agricultural Research Service team in Peoria, Illinois, has devised a procedure for using bacteria to convert glucose from bread waste into value-added products such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which is used in everything from food and beverages to pharmaceutical and personal-care products. »
New information helps scientists understand processes that lead to devastating storms. »
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes' release of CO2 from soils into air. »
Flowering strip plants generally benefit bee colony reproduction but may bring disease risks. »
Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can detect and identify different types of brain injuries. »
Researchers describe new species of unique scale worms in the eastern Pacific Ocean. »
Spoiling foods, souring wine and worsening wounds have a common culprit -- a chemical reaction called oxidation. »
Study looked at incidences where humid heat exceeded highest level humans can tolerate. »
A small study suggests that sleep problems among children who have a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may further raise the likelihood of an ASD diagnosis, compared to at-risk children who do not have difficulty sleeping. »
A fungus that lives in malaria-carrying mosquitoes could boost global efforts to control the disease, which kills about half a million people — mostly children under five — every year. »
A new freeze-resistant Trichinella species has been discovered in wolverines by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues. »
Whole body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI) may aid in the assessment of cancer treatment response in children and youth at much lower levels of radiation than current approaches, suggests a small study. »
'Crazy beast' was marooned on Madagascar. »
The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa features a widely varied landscape, including ridges, bands, small rounded domes and disrupted spaces that geologists call "chaos terrain." »
Many coastal communities in the Indonesian archipelago, including the proposed site of the new capital on the island of Borneo, could be at potential tsunami risk from submarine landslides. »
Microneedles target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or genes. »
Researchers detect some of the earliest evidence for modern plate motion. »
The unique properties of water are understandable only if scientists observe the interaction of its molecules. »
A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great detail. »
Study shows that some people experience creative insights as intrinsically rewarding. »
Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals. »
Scientists are warning that an increase in global warming could significantly slow down hurricanes, potentially leading to more destruction. »
New technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing. »
Dust is a key component of Earth's climate system. »
High levels of air pollution may be “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from COVID-19, according to research. »
Cotton producers in the U.S. and around the world looking for new varieties. »
From the tidal marshes along the lower Potomac and James rivers in Maryland and Virginia, comes a newly discovered species of bacteria that could help keep destructive crop pests at bay. »
Liquid meltwater can sometimes flow deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter, not just in summer, according to new research. »
Results help scientists engineer particles that improve biosensors, electronics and chemical reactions. »
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) thrive on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific. »
Biologists and engineers design 3D printed corals that may help energy production and coral reefs. »
Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa. »
Plant-derived chemicals called cardenolides have long been used to treat heart disease and have shown potential as cancer therapies. »
N95 respirators can be decontaminated effectively and maintain functional integrity for up to three uses, according to National Institutes of Health scientists. »
Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. »
Trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass -- and carbon storage -- in some tropical rainforests. »
Engineers have created a laser treatment method that could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer—just by giving the metal's surface a different texture. »
