science news 2019
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Protein gel could help treat type 1 diabetes
The gel, which was implanted alongside a pancreatic cell transplant in monkeys with type 1 diabetes, releases a protein that…
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Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months
Blue-green algae, a type of cyanobacteria, set in a container on a windowsill powered a computer continuously for six months…
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Kenyan chameleons evolved brighter colours after moving to Hawaii
Chameleons introduced to Hawaii in 1972 have started flaunting brighter colours, probably because they have fewer predators to hide from…
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Wrestling with bird flu, Europe considers once-taboo vaccines
In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza. He…
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Air-Conditioning Should Be a Human Right in the Climate Crisis
A record-breaking heat wave is sweeping South Asia, threatening hundreds of millions of people with deadly temperatures well above 100…
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New Record-Breaking Simulation Sheds Light on ‘Cosmic Dawn’
Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe’s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged…
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Bats buzz like bees and hornets to scare off hungry owls
For the first time, researchers have recorded mammals mimicking the sounds of stinging insects as a survival mechanism: mouse-eared bats…
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Will bitcoin succeed in the Central African Republic? Probably not
The Central African Republic has become the second country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender, but experiences in El…
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Pandemic delays to afflict polar science until late this decade
In March 2020, staff at McMurdo Station, the main U.S. research base in Antarctica, thought the future was bright. Long-planned…
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Meet the White House’s New Director of Environmental Justice
CLIMATEWIRE | As an intern for Dow Chemical in high school and college, Jalonne White-Newsome thought she’d found her life…
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