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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet’s Remaining Biological Diversity
The "Flume Room" at the University of Michigan is used to assess…
Pivotal Role for Proteins-From Helping Turn Carbs into Energy to Causing Devastating Neuromuscular Disease
Research into how carbohydrates are converted into energy has led to a surprising discovery…
BioChip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster, cheaper
An assembled flow cytometry chip with size comparable to a U.S. Quarter.…
Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave
Physicists have trapped and cooled exotic particles called excitons so effectively that they condensed…
Hormone Plays Surprise Role in Fighting Skin Infections
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes.…