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Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth's poles, study finds
Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...
A possible replacement for plastic: Spinning bacteria create improved cellulose
In a world overrun with plastic garbage, causing untold environmental woes, University of Houston assistant professor of ...
New software promises to make precision genome editing with CRISPR accessible to more researchers
A Ph.D. student in biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has built a software program ...
Decade-long study shows reduced winter snowpack impairs forests' ability to store carbon
Forests are a crucial resource for carbon mitigation, currently offsetting around 20% of North American carbon emissions. As ...
Nanobody neutralizes deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses in lab tests
Researchers have discovered a strategy to neutralize two highly lethal viruses for which there is currently no approved ...
15th century holy books of Ethiopian Jewry discovered—the oldest found to date
A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the ...
Rain events could cause major failure of Waikīkī storm drainage by 2050
Existing sea level rise models for coastal cities often overlook the impacts of rainfall on infrastructure. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa discovered that by 2050, large rain events ...
Hidden role of 'cell protector' protein opens cancer treatment possibilities
Recent research on MCL-1, a critical protein that is an attractive target for cancer drug development, helps explain why some ...
Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good
Over the past 400 years or so, a set of mostly unwritten guidelines has evolved for how science should be properly done. The ...