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Common plants and pollinators act as anchors for ecosystems
IMAGE: A fly visiting the flowers of alpine false spring parsley (Pseudocymopterus montanus). view more Credit: Julian Resasco The next time…
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As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously ‘profound Ignorance’
IMAGE: Each colour represents a different type of microbe. The white material in the core represents the remnants of human tongue…
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Underweight and overweight women at higher risk of successive miscarriages
A new study has shown that underweight and overweight women are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing recurrent miscarriages…
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What’s Really in Your Water?
When water is safe, there is nothing better to drink. It’s good for teeth, skin, weight control and even the…
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Scientists may detect signs of extraterrestrial life in the next 5 to 10 years
IMAGE: An artistic impression of one of the exoplanets in the study, K2-18b. The image shows the planet, its host star,…
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COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight infection
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – April 16, 2021 – Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes…
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A rich marine algal ecosystem 600 million years earlier than previously thought
IMAGE: The Xiamaling Formation in China, which contains fossilised algae from primeval times. view more Credit: © Don E. Canfield/University of…
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How tangled proteins kill brain cells, promote Alzheimer’s, CTE
Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as…
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The future of particle accelerators is here
IMAGE: The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will probe the internal structure of nuclear matter as it exists today. Electrons colliding with ions…
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On the pulse of pulsars and polar light
IMAGE: The night sky dances with auroras over Dark Sector Laboratory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at the geographic South…
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