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UW-Developed, Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids

A novel algorithm developed by University of Washington researchers to discover asteroids in the solar system has proved its mettle.

Soundwalk Imagines the Climate Future

The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden.

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Not Likely to Flip: Study

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal.

Ostriches Can Adapt to Heat or Cold – but Not Both

The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures.

Epigenetic Markers Predict Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment.

What Happens When Plants Have Stress Reactions to Touch

A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants.

Entire Oat Genome Mapped

After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats.

Reduction in Severe Perineal Tearing When Two Midwives Are Present During Childbirth

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears

In Animal Studies, Maternal Sleep Apnea Risks ‘Constellation of Deficits’ in Male Offspring

Sleep apnea, a common disorder in which a person repeatedly stops and starts breathing while they sleep — often hundreds of times per night — is a growing problem in pregnancy.

Detailed Analysis of Old Star Provides Template for Heavy Element Formation

The fusion furnaces that are the universe’s stars create the elements from helium up to iron.

Researchers Aim X-Rays at Century-Old Plant Secretions for Insight into Aboriginal Australian Cultural Heritage

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have created some of the world’s most striking artworks.

3D Scan Will Reveal the Stories Hidden Within 1,200-Year-Old Wisconsin Canoe

In March, Lennon Rodgers ventured into Wisconsin’s State Archive Preservation Facility for the first time.

New Nanoparticles Aid Sepsis Treatment in Mice

Sepsis, the body’s overreaction to an infection, affects more than 1.5 million people and kills at least 270,000 every year in the U.S. alone.

Researchers Create a Situation Room Where Cities Can Practise Managing Recurring Environmental Crises

How should we prepare for future environmental crises? The LONGRISK project is organising exercises for the cities of Helsinki, Tampere and Kotka.

International team shows how newly identified alphasatellite affects aphid transmission of lethal banana virus

Banana bunchy top virus, (BBTV) spread by banana aphids, is the most serious disease affecting bananas and plantains. In areas where bananas are grown, the disease can be devastating to the local economy as once infected, the plants don't recover.

A Study Proposing Better Algorithms to Avoid Radicalization Won Best Paper Award

Associate professor Michael Mathioudakis and other authors develop algorithms that video and other Web platforms could use to make minimal changes to their recommendations so users don´t keep seeing misinformation and extremist content.

Shifting Signatures of Climate Change Reshuffle Northern Species

Analysis of long-term monitoring data for almost 1,500 species in Finland shows that four decades of climate change has led species to shift between the “better” and “worse” parts of their climatic niches, and that these impacts were most pronounced at higher latitudes.