Neanderthal fossils from a cave in Belgium believed to belong to the last survivors of their species ever discovered in Europe are thousands of years older than once thought, a new study said Monday.
Evolution
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Juvenile white-tailed deer that strike out to find new home ranges—despite facing more risks—survive at about the same rate as those that stay home, according to a team of researchers who conducted the first mortality ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2021
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Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Mar 8, 2021
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Found around the world, powdery mildew is a fungal disease especially harmful to plants within the sunflower family. Like most invasive pathogens, powdery mildew is understudied and learning how it affects hosts can help ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2021
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Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study. The change would likely have far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2021
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Determining how rapidly the universe is expanding is key to understanding our cosmic fate, but with more precise data has come a conundrum: Estimates based on measurements within our local universe don't agree with extrapolations ...
Astronomy
Mar 8, 2021
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When it comes to microelectronics, there is one chemical element like no other: silicon, the workhorse of the transistor technology that drives our information society. The countless electronic devices we use in everyday ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 8, 2021
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You're going at the speed limit down a two-lane road when a car barrels out of a driveway on your right. You slam on the brakes, and within a fraction of a second of the impact an airbag inflates, saving you from serious ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 8, 2021
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When a coastline undergoes massive erosion, like a hurricane flattening a beach and its nearby environments, it has to rebuild itself—relying on the resilience of its natural coastal structures to begin piecing itself back ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2021
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Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a variety of health and electronic technologies but are made of toxic, expensive metals. Nontoxic and economic carbon-based dots are easy to produce, ...
Nanophysics
Mar 8, 2021
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