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New Study: 2021 Heat Wave Created ‘Perfect Storm’ For Shellfish Die-Off

It’s hard to forget the excruciating heat that blanketed the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021.

Light Could Boost Performance Of Fuel Cells, Lithium Batteries, And Other Devices

With many devices depending on the motion of ions, light could be used as a switch to turn ion motion on and off.

Fur trading in Viking Age Denmark is now proven: ‘The black furs are worn by Arab and non-Arab kings’

For the first time, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found 'smoking gun' evidence that Denmark participated in international fur trading in the Viking Age. Fur was an international status symbol for the elite, says researcher behind the study

Top Predators Could ‘Trap’ Themselves Trying To Adapt To Climate Change, Study Shows

As climate change alters environments across the globe, scientists have discovered that in response, many species are shifting the timing of major life events, such as reproduction.

New Study Challenges Old Views On What’s ‘Primitive’ In Mammalian Reproduction

It’s hard to imagine life on Earth without mammals. They swim in the depths of the ocean, hop across deserts in Australia and travel to the moon.

Bird Behavior Influenced By Human Activity During COVID-19 Lockdowns

For humans, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a stressful time, marked by fear, isolation, canceled plans and uncertainty.

Novel HIV Combination Therapies Could Prevent Viral Escape And Rebound

The research by scientists at the University of Washington, the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and the University of Cologne indicates that carefully designed cocktails of broadly neutralizing antibodies, or bNAbs, could help treat HIV while minimizing the risk of the virus evolving to “escape” treatment.

‘Safety In Numbers’ Tactic Keeps Pacific Salmon Safe From Predators

Animals that live in groups tend to be more protected from predators. That idea might be common sense, but it’s difficult to test for some species, especially for wild populations of fish that live in the ocean.

‘Dangerous’ And ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Heat Stress To Become More Common By 2100

Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase.

Beach Trash Accumulates In Predictable Patterns On Washington And Oregon Shores

Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study of marine trash.

These Female Hummingbirds Evolved To Look Like Males — Apparently To Evade Aggression

White-necked jacobin hummingbirds sport a colorful blue-and-white plumage as juveniles. When they grow into adulthood, males retain this dazzling pattern, while females develop a more “muted” palette of green and white — at least, most females. Curiously, about 20% of females defy the norm and retain male-like plumage into adulthood.

MIT chemists design new nanoparticle that could help with treatment of cancer

Chemists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new nanoparticle that can be loaded with multiple drugs to provide a more effective cancer treatment, according to an MIT News article published Jan. 26.

MIT physicists observe rare resonance in molecules for first time

A team of MIT physicists has witnessed resonance in colliding ultracold molecules, a discovery that ultimately could provide a clue to the forces that drive molecules to chemically react and eventually provide a way to control chemical reactions.

MIT team discovers new property in 'magic-angle' graphene

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered, what they call, an exciting new property in "magic-angle" graphene, according to an MIT News article published Jan. 30.

Deepest Scientific Ocean Drilling Effort Sheds Light On Japan’s Next ‘Big One’

Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is less than expected.

Endangered Fruit-Eating Animals Play An Outsized Role In A Tropical Forest — Losing Them Could Have Dire Consequences

A new study by researchers at the University of Washington shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals — those that eat fruit and help disperse the seeds of trees and other plants — could severely disrupt seed-dispersal networks in the Atlantic Forest, a shrinking stretch of tropical forest and critical biodiversity hotspot on the coast of Brazil.

Nature’s Own Assembly Line

RIKEN-engineered microbes and plant lignin could soon help produce everything from car tires to engine components.

Extra “Eye” Movements Are The Key To Better Self-Driving Cars

Andrea Benucci and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science has developed a way to create artificial neural networks that learn to recognize objects faster and more accurately.

Cracking Green Hydrogen Energy

An electrocatalyst that has a long shelf life is a major step towards realizing terawatts from green hydrogen.

Animals In National Parks Impacted By Even Just A Few People

People often visit U.S. national parks to catch a glimpse of wildlife. But how does our presence impact the animals we hope to see?