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Big-City Coastal Whales Consume Millions of Microplastics Every Day

Whales in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf consume about three million microplastics per day, a new study has found.

Extent of Migration of Sooty Terns Presents Conservation Challenges

Sooty terns’ wide-ranging migration patterns present big challenges for conservationists working to understand and address a sharp population decline,

Social Media Firms Can Tackle Wildlife Trade

Wildlife trading on social media is a complex issue – but tech firms can take steps to tackle it, according to new research.

Poor Sleep Linked to Feeling Older and Worse Outlook on Ageing, Which Can Impact Health

Poor sleep in the over 50s is linked to more negative perceptions of ageing, which in turn can impact physical, mental and cognitive health, new research has revealed.

Earthquakes and Extreme Rainfall Lead to a Significant Increase in the Rates of Landslides in Nepal

Earthquakes and extreme rainfall can lead to a six-fold increase in the rates of rainfall-triggered landslides occurring during Nepal’s monsoon season, according to new research.

Warmer Soil Stores Less Carbon

Global warming will cause the world's soil to release carbon, new research shows.

Physicists Reveal Non-Reciprocal Flow Around the Quantum World

Physicists from Exeter and Zaragoza have created a theory describing how non-reciprocity can be induced at the quantum level,

Does Selfishness Evolve? Ask a Cannibal

One of nature's most prolific cannibals could be hiding in your pantry, and biologists have used it to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior.

Corals May Need Their Predators' Poop

Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with poop.

Teamwork Makes Light Shine Ever Brighter

Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogaps

Cancer ‘Guardian’ Breaks Bad with One Switch

Study shows how mutant protein clusters drive disease-causing aggregates

Camera Traps Reveal Newly Discovered Biodiversity Relationship

Data scientists analyze photos from 15 tropical rainforests

Bottling the World's Coldest Plasma

Rice University physicists have discovered a way to trap the world's coldest plasma in a magnetic bottle, a technological achievement that could advance research into clean energy, space weather and astrophysics.

Cerium Sidelines Silver to Make Drug Precursor

Rice lab’s process simplifies fluoroketone synthesis

Bioinformatics Tool Accurately Tracks Synthetic Dna

Rice computer scientists show benefits of bioinformatics with PlasmidHawk

High-Impact Climate Events: Better Adaptation Through Earlier Prediction

The prediction of high-impact climate phenomena can be substantially improved by a new mathematical approach that analyses the connectivity and patterns between geographical locations, scientists say in a new publication.

Survey Indicates Bipartisan Support for Methane Emissions Regulation

Both Trump and Biden Voters Support Climate Change Policy at a Low Cost to Them, so Methane Emission Regulation May be a ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ to Start

New Study Identifies Thousands of Novel Brain-Expressed Gene Isoforms

New research led by the University of Exeter has shed light on the complexity of gene expression in the brain by characterizing the extent of isoform diversity in the human and mouse cortex,

Does Driving Wear You Out? You Might Be Experiencing ‘Accelerousal’

Researchers Introduce New Factor to Explain Stress While Driving

Glass Nanopore Pulls DNA Like Spaghetti Through A Needle

The purely electrical technique captures cell-free DNA from the surface of a sample