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Beaches and dunes globally squeezed by roads and buildings

Beaches and dunes are becoming increasingly trapped between rising sea levels and infrastructure. Dutch researchers found that nowadays, when dropped…

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Even the oldest eukaryote fossils show dazzling diversity and complexity

The sun has just set on a quiet mudflat in Australia's Northern Territory; it'll set again in another 19 hours.…

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‘Carbon vault’ peat suffers greatly from drought

Peatlands are affected more by drought than expected. This is concerning, as these ecosystems are an important ally in the…

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Blood test distinguishes neuroendocrine subtype of advanced prostate cancer

Like a criminal entering a witness protection program, cancer cells can shed their past and take on a new identity.…

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Acidity of Antarctic waters could double by century’s end, threatening biodiversity

The acidity of Antarctica's coastal waters could double by the end of the century, threatening whales, penguins and hundreds of…

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NASA’s Webb finds signs of possible aurorae on isolated brown dwarf

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller…

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Understanding the neuroendocrine basis for social anxiety-like behavior in male mice

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered that estrogen receptor (ER) β, expressed in the lateral septum of the…

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Coastal populations set to age sharply in the face of climate migration

As climate change fuels sea level rise, younger people will migrate inland, leaving aging coastal populations -- and a host…

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Scientists give new insight into a molecular target of alcohol

Ethanol -- the compound found in alcoholic beverages -- interferes with the normal functioning of a long list of biological…

3 years ago

Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection

Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then…

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