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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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Barely any nanosilver from consumer products in the water
Nanosilver in wastewater can cause severe environmental damage if it occurs as a metal. A…
A New Protein Target for Controlling Diabetes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously…
Nanosponges Soak Up Toxins Released by Bacterial Infections and Venom
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a “nanosponge” capable of safely…
Autism linked to increased genetic change in regions of genome instability
These microscopic images were taken as part of research to explore rearrangements of DNA in…
Anti-vaccination tweets spread more easily than positive tweets, study suggests
This network diagram shows connected Twitter users expressing negative (red) and positive…