Indigenous-led conservation helps save endangered cockatoo

An Indigenous community in Indonesia has found a way to protect one of the world's rarest cockatoos without abandoning a centuries-old sacred tradition, offering a new model for conservation.&nbsp...

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Black hole feeding frenzy ends in cosmic indigestion

Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic gluttons that swallow everything that comes too close. But new observations of a dramatic black hole outburst – led by Warwick Postdoctoral Fellow Dr No...

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Heatwave exposure accelerates biological aging via metabolic dysregulation

A research paper by scientists at Zhejiang University examined whether exposure to heatwaves (HWs) is linked to more rapid biological aging in adults of middle and advanced age. The research paper, p...

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Soft, sticky, stretchable biosensors make a better connection

Biosensors have revolutionized home healthcare over the last two decades. Devices like wearable heart rate and blood glucose monitors are giving people with chronic health conditions the information and assurance they need to maintain an active lifestyl...

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Land degradation significantly reduces crop yields

Factors such as erosion, dehydration and compaction of the soil are jeopardizing food supplies for broad swathes of the world’s population according to a recent study by the University of Bonn, ...

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Flies use directional memory to track a scent

Odors can reveal distant or hidden food sources, mates, and other important targets, but odor plumes are turbulent and fragmented, often reaching animals as brief, disconnected puffs of scent. Fruit flies solve this challenge by tracking a drifting odor...

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New solutions to the PFAS problem

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed two new processes: Using hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion, they are lookin...

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'Cool Routes' navigator cuts heat exposure on walking trips

An online navigation tool developed at Arizona State University chooses walking paths based on forecasts of mean radiant temperature, a measure of the total heat load experienced in a given location, including reflected heat and sun exposure. The curren...

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Reinventing perilla: Genome editing boosts a traditional herb's potential

Researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit a single gene in red perilla, turning its leaves green and boosting levels of health-promoting compounds. The edited plants accumulated about six times more luteolin and increased rosmarinic acid, demonstrating a str...

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When eyeing a predator, horses keep a poker face as their hearts race

Horses know a predator when they see one – even if it’s only on a video screen they’re watching in a stall, with no sounds, smells or previous experience providing context to what th...

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How supermassive black holes feed themselves

Astronomers are closer to solving the mystery of how supermassive black holes feed themselves thanks to new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST. The images provide the clearest view ever seen of gaseous filaments connecting a galaxy&rsqu...

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Novel study defines “vertical marine heatwaves” in Chesapeake Bay, offers classification scheme for coastal resource management

A new study out of William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS is redefining how we visualize and track marine heatwaves in estuarine systems like the Chesapeake Bay, introducing a definition for “vertical marine heatwaves” as well a...

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The color of penguin poo: Satellites reveal the chilling truth of global warming’s impact on an iconic polar species

Researchers utilized 30 years of Landsat satellite imagery to analyze the color and spectral signatures of Adélie penguin guano across Antarctica, marking the first time space-based observation...

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Researchers confirm cause of Earth's biggest mass extinction

Through experiments comparing living representatives of animal groups that dominated Paleozoic oceans with those that thrive today, Stanford scientists have directly linked the disappearance of once-dominant marine groups to intolerable heat and diminis...

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What we know about marine heatwaves in the Arctic

In recent years, marine heatwaves have been taking an ever-greater toll on the world’s oceans and their ecosystems. Amplified by increasing global warming, these events are occurring more frequently and lasting longer. The Arctic is not spared fro...

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TDP-43: When microglia go off track

Rosa Chiara Paolicelli’s team at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of Unil uncovered a new role for the TDP-43 protein in controlling the function of microglia, the immune cells of the brain. Their study shows how the loss of this protein in m...

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From waste bottles to life saving: Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets

Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and avoid being caught and killed in the deadly gear.

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Scientists uncover 'mix and match' mechanism for creating new cancer-fighting drugs

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that's stumped drug developers for decades: how bacteria naturally create multiple versions of powerful cancer ...

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This pinecone-looking animal is the world's most-trafficked mammal

Pangolins, which look like a cross between an anteater and a pinecone, are the most-trafficked mammals in the world. In a new study, researchers used DNA and specimens from museum collections to determine that Himalayan pangolins belong to a different s...

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Researchers identify new superconductors, unlocking process that could yield thousands more

Physicists have used machine-learning to identify two new superconductors––it represents a substantial step towards unlocking massive energy efficiency gains from superconductivity.

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