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New research using computer simulations and Hollywood-style motion capture shows how birds optimize their landing maneuvers for an accurate descent. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/0bFCiXJ

Researchers have discovered that a signaling molecule called SCUBE3 potently stimulates hair growth and may offer a therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia, a common form of hair loss in both women and men. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/qlsyAob

Researchers have created artificial Hox genes -- which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs -- using new synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering in stem cells. Their findings confirm how clusters of Hox genes help cells to learn and remember where they are in the body. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/HGhiOkS

Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming lives in the process. Now, new research outlines a simplified, cost-effective method for developing flood maps that reflects the uncertainty in flood predictions. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/sw7RUiI

Researchers have unraveled how bacteria adhere to host cells and thus taken the first step towards developing a new class of antibiotics. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/p241zxq

While there are many studies that discuss antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in soil and water environments, there is currently very little research that focuses on ARG in aerial environments. In a recent review, researchers have analyzed current research trends regarding ARG in bioaerosols, including their sources, methods of detection, and implications for the future. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/XOSatTo

Through intricate study of cave deposits in Spain, geologists identified a rapid rise in sea level that started during the Industrial Revolution. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/yWidYDx

A new study reassesses emissions of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere from African lakes. While it was previously assumed that these lakes were significant carbon dioxide sources, it has since been discovered that they really emit very little carbon dioxide but a lot of methane, adding to the emissions burden. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/OZcD2tT

An international group of geneticists and archaeologists have found that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves. The work moves us a step closer to uncovering the mystery of where dogs underwent domestication, one of the biggest unanswered questions about human prehistory. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/XCloVw8

A dramatic outbreak of kelp-eating sea urchins along the Central Coast of California in 2014, leading to a significant reduction in the region's kelp forests, was driven primarily by the emergence of sea urchins from their hiding places rather than an increase in the urchin population. In subsequent years, sea urchin movements enabled kelp forest recovery at sites that had been denuded 'urchin barrens.' Those are among the key findings of a long-term study of sea urchins and kelp forest dynamics in Monterey Bay. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/0sBz5O3

Researchers explore a basic building block used in the fabrication of many DNA nanoforms. Known as a Holliday junction, this nexus of two segments of double stranded DNA has been used to form elaborate, self-assembling crystal lattices at the nanometer scale, (or roughly 1/75,000th the width of a human hair). from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/VeP6Zbg

New research quantifies the benefits of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and identifies the hotspot regions for climate change risk in the future. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/CNuefT5

Researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,000 U.S. residents to gauge public acceptance of gene-edited foods. Social factors like food beliefs and trust in institutions played a big role in the participants' willingness to eat or actively avoid products made with gene-editing technologies. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/0TEA5e2

In a new study, researchers have sampled the fecal microbiomes across diverse geographical populations of dogs to better understand what they look like around the world. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/usaIcfV

New laws that ban abortion in US states include exceptions for when the life of the parent is as risk. However, evidence from Texas suggests that clinicians will wait until the person is "on death’s door" before performing the procedure for fear of legal repercussions from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/y0zphwJ

Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. Around 80 per cent of UTIs are caused by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which is increasingly resistant to antibiotics. E. coli-related death due to antimicrobial resistance is the leading cause of bacterial fatalities worldwide. New research examining bacterial behavior over the infection cycle is an important step towards enabling new treatments or prevention in the future. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/mxa3W8V

Extremely high temperatures have been reported by India and Pakistan in the spring. In a new scientific journal article, researchers paint a gloomy picture for the rest of the century. Heat waves are expected to increase, affecting up to half a billion people in South Asia every year. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/8ZyPvHA

For a long time, climate scientists have struggled to link extreme weather events to climate change. This has changed. The science of weather event attribution is now beginning to show the true costs and impacts that human-caused climate change is having today. This fast-growing body of research aims to disentangle the various drivers of extreme weather events from human-induced climate change and the best assessments can provide valuable information in insuring against loss and damage, funding adaptation measures, and litigating against polluters. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/VA06FXa

A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug MRSA -- methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- has emerged in livestock in the last 50 years, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/6iaPyO9

Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, the risks to biodiversity could persist for decades after. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/wV4Ajod

Stacking solar cells increases their efficiency. Researchers have now produced perovskite/CIS tandem solar cells with an efficiency of nearly 25 percent -- the highest value achieved thus far with this technology. Moreover, this combination of materials is light and versatile, making it possible to envision the use of these tandem solar cells in vehicles, portable equipment, and devices that can be folded or rolled up. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/mNvOlIJ

Using light-capturing proteins in living microbes, scientists helped reconstruct what life was like for some of Earth's earliest organisms. These efforts could help us one day recognize signs of life on other planets. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/AoS0HMY

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is one of the most important methods to study biological function in cells, but it is limited by potential inaccuracies in the data it generates. Now, a research team has developed a new method called terminator-assisted solid-phase complementary DNA amplification and sequencing (TAS-Seq), which overcomes these limitations and provides higher-precision data than existing scRNA-seq platforms. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/bHQlJmS

After the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, abortion bans in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee won't include exceptions for cases of rape or incest from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/SYmNLjk

For too long the leading treatments for cancer have been pretty brutal for patients, but personalised vaccines are showing promise for destroying tumours with few side effects from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/SaoTY2A

Pom-pom-shaped molecules rip apart MRSA and other drug-resistant bacteria in minutes, are cheap and easy to make, and don’t lead to bacterial resistance from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/40cLElI

New research shows how migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape in recent decades. A total of 103 species of migrating birds were studied, including rapidly declining species like the turtle dove and the common cuckoo, using large-scale datasets. Advances in satellite imagery allowed the team to map threats across Europe, Africa and Western Asia. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/sgEtlbH

Even the smallest vegetable patch can benefit from the principles of crop rotation, says Clare Wilson from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/oIBgAqw

A research group has explored the potential production of micro-scale organic electronics for use in bioelectronics via multiphoton 3-D printers. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/KJ4xB5k

Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/lTqImMW

In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and compared estimates to documented birth outcomes. They found an association between estimated groundwater arsenic concentration and risk of low birth weight. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/aBSghZl

A robot that learned to manipulate clay to make letters of the alphabet without any training could one day make dumplings for you from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/YDgrijt

Shaking antibubbles – droplets of liquid encased in a thin layer of air – prevents them from popping for several hours. These could be used in chemical engineering in the future from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/FYG3nV6

A study of 116 species of hummingbird suggests the group is collectively more colourful than any other type of bird from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/fnKw8Ay

With the number of confirmed cases exceeding 3500, the World Health Organization's emergency committee may declare it a public health emergency of international concern – its highest alert level – in the coming days from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/TOwRQ5S

The UK is making plans to launch its own science funding programme in September, science minister George Freeman tells New Scientist, if the EU refuses access to the Horizon scheme from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/xsNR4V7

Economists find that many air travelers more readily choose faster, but more expensive carbon offsetting options online if selecting a slower option requires action. However, the readiness to do so decreases as the gap between the most and the least expensive option increases. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Xo26Adk

Scientists have discovered that stretching of the continents is likely to have caused one of the most extreme and abrupt episodes of global warming in Earth history. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/fXRmWtk

The UK is putting £5 million towards a mission to remove two dead satellites from space by burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/7chRi02

Climate change is putting an enormous strain on global water resources, and according to researchers, the Tibetan Plateau is suffering from a water imbalance so extreme that it could lead to an increase in international conflicts. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/xmbavhL

Scientists have found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthesis altogether and create food independent of sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis. The technology uses a two-step electrocatalytic process to convert carbon dioxide, electricity, and water into acetate. Food-producing organisms then consume acetate in the dark to grow. The hybrid organic-inorganic system could increase the conversion efficiency of sunlight into food, up to 18 times more efficient for some foods. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/qROWyja

Evolutionary theories of ageing predict that all living organisms weaken and deteriorate with age (a process known as senescence) -- and eventually die. Now, researchers show that certain animal species, such as turtles (including tortoises) may exhibit slower or even absent senescence when their living conditions improve. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/jbpJ5Um

Some doctors say health checks for older people should include the “flamingo balance test”, asking people to stand on one leg for 10 seconds – but the connection between balance and health is unclear from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/48wYbNx

Tumour cells appear to circulate in the blood more during the night, hinting that therapies should be targeted to maximise their impact at night from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/8DIolMz

Twenty years ago, researchers saw hints of the existence of a type of exotic matter made of four neutrons. Now, researchers have found the clearest evidence it exists yet from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/vI9nTkR

How hard can insects bite? Having a strong chewing apparatus makes it easier to crush harder food and to succeed in fights with enemies. Biologists now present a mobile system (forceX) for measuring the bite forces of small animals, along with the software forceR to evaluate the data. This allows to understand how bite forces, for example of insects, evolved. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/mPSaf51

A new global study of 46,752 tree species shows that many of them are under substantial pressure and poorly protected. The research team has also studied how this situation can be improved by ambitious and smart designation of new protected areas. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/USM1Xxu

A new study finds that having a portable air cleaner in the home can reduce the negative impacts of air pollution on brain development in children. Scientists are studying the benefits of using air filters to reduce exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, and assessed the impact on children's intelligence. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/qhN2Ozl

Using DNA data, researchers have examined seawater to find not only new species of bacteria, but also previously unknown natural products that may one day prove beneficial. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Z6B7nvo

Wind energy contributes significantly to the energy sector's sustainable, low-CO2 transformation. However, the efficiency of wind turbines depends on available wind resources and the technical characteristics of the turbines. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621155118.htm

Computer scientists have developed a program to screen short DNA sequences, whether synthetic or natural, to determine their toxicity. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621141746.htm

Climate change is throwing off the timing of key events in the natural world, from the flowering of plants to the migrations of birds and mammals. Now, ecologists are warning that this could spiral out of control and cause whole ecosystems to break down from New Scientist - Home https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433920-500-how-climate-change-is-knocking-natural-events-wildly-out-of-sync/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Io8seK3

Researchers have developed a model that can estimate the productivity of mangrove forests at large scales. A remote sensing-based productivity model that considered the effects of tidal inundation was developed. Comparisons with carbon measurements from carbon flux towers showed that the model was able to accurately estimate the productivity of mangrove forests in China. The results highlight the potential of this type of model for assessing the capacity of mangrove forests to store carbon. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/BMF4JO1

Researchers modeled the risk of human -- elephant conflict in Thailand under different climate change scenarios using a risk framework. A spatial shift in the risk of conflict was observed with climate change, with northern areas and higher latitudes showing increasing risk in the future. These results can be used to develop planning strategies in affected communities and increase coexistence awareness. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/V1jDlZt

The US Preventive Services Task Force says there isn't good evidence that supplements protect against cancer or heart disease in most people from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/zOAQBHT

The COP15 meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity will be relocated to Montreal due to fears the Chinese government would postpone the event again from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/CfYG5qn

From what it is and why it only goes one way to how we perceive its passage and whether we could live without it, a journey exploring the many outstanding questions about time is always worth taking from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/az95Kkn

A UK government-backed project – FluMap – aims to help understand how bird flu is evolving and finding its way into poultry farms from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/dTDRP2O

A fierce debate is taking place over the future of the UK farming, and how to feed people while fixing the biodiversity and climate crises from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/gawXfzU

A fierce debate is taking place over the future of the UK farming, and how to feed people while fixing the biodiversity and climate crises from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/gawXfzU

A UK government-backed project – FluMap – aims to help understand how bird flu is evolving and finding its way into poultry farms from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/dTDRP2O

The true nature of time continues to elude us. But whether it is a fundamental part of the cosmos or an illusion made in our minds has profound implications for our understanding of the universe from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/IMZ6dRA

Computer simulations reveal the precise conditions when removing an orange from a display would cause a fruit avalanche from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/jOl5L3A

If you are up early this month, you might see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn line up in the morning sky, says Abigail Beall from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/hjZCcKE

Meteorite analysis hints that early Mars got important volatile elements like hydrogen and oxygen from meteorite collisions rather than a cloud of gases from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/5Kt3jTr

Sound waves can be used to keep an object hovering in the air, and a new technique works even in crowded spaces from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/GrwW0L5

A new botanical survey of southwest Ohio found that invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are crowding out many native plants. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/OSUqcXn

By detecting tiny movements of particles of light, a quantum microphone has recorded human speech that is easier to understand than if it is captured by an equivalent classical version from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/ZA5P7VF

African pouched rats equipped with backpacks are being trained to locate survivors trapped under debris. Their size, natural curiosity and powerful sense of smell make them well-suited for the job from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/jcRVl3Z

Last August, rain fell for the first time at the peak of Greenland’s ice sheet, but this had little impact on ice melt compared with other effects from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/AMbKDEq

Researchers may have discovered the path to better rabies vaccine design. Researchers share one of the first high-resolution looks at the rabies virus glycoprotein in its vulnerable 'trimeric' form. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/27z5CIa

A new hack called Hertzbleed can read snippets of data from computer chips remotely and could leave cryptography algorithms vulnerable to attack from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/TBOdycm

Increasing frequency and size of wildfires in the United States over the past several decades affect everything from human life and health to air quality, biodiversity, and land use. The US dairy industry is not exempt from these effects. The Western states, where wildfires are especially prevalent, are home to more than two million dairy cows that produce more than 25% of the nation's milk. A new report examines how dairy cattle in the Western United States may be affected by unique air pollutants from wildfire smoke. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/taCI35X

Researchers developed a toolkit for investigating the molecular mechanisms governing the parasitic nature of the wasp species Asobara japonica. They first used DNA and RNA-sequencing-based techniques to identify genes controlling the wasp's body color, as well as the putative toxic components in its venom. They used RNA interference to block expression of the body color gene, darkening its appearance. Future experiments will use this technique to better understand the venom components' functions. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/qbhi0ks

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Z9JWato

Researchers have reported that in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, the number of mitochondria in the spermatozoid (sperm) is controlled by autophagy during spermiogenesis. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/26oK3em

Heatwaves are making more people in rural areas of England severely ill today than they were in the 1980s, according to new research. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/FHpQxNO

The US military is funding research to develop ‘Reefense’ structures that rapidly recruit oysters and coral for defence against storm surge from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/TAB0MYF

Lac-Phe, an altered form of an amino acid produced by mice and humans after exercise, can help obese mice lose weight by suppressing their appetite from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/lAmxfVa

Scientists gained new insights into RNA-mediated regulation of proteins (riboregulation) and its role in controlling cell growth, and most importantly how undifferentiated cells (embryonic stem cells) transform into specialised cells (e.g., liver cells). They discovered this while studying how mRNA molecules bind to and regulate ENO1, an enzyme involved in glucose metabolism. This contrasts to most previous studies, which focused on how proteins regulate RNA, this one shows that an RNA regulates a protein. This new perspective on riboregulation may represent a more widespread and meaningful principle of biological control. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/T1Y0a2Z

A combination of ecological field methods and cutting-edge artificial intelligence has helped an interdisciplinary research group detect eelgrass wasting disease at nearly three dozen sites along a 1,700-mile stretch of the West Coast, from San Diego to southern Alaska. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/TSLXxGC

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is sending back stunning images as it explores an ancient river delta in Jezero crater for signs of life from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/VRB8Ll1

Researchers have discovered two new species of crocodiles that roamed parts of Africa between 18 million and 15 million years ago and preyed on human ancestors. The giant dwarf crocodile species, called Kinyang, mysteriously disappeared, possibly due to changes in the climate. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/LtYxHk2

Using a mouse model, researchers have deciphered an alternative route that certain cells take to make organs and used that knowledge to exploit a new type of stem cells as a potential source of organs in a dish. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/80xZR5C

Prehistoric coral reefs dating back up to 250 million years extended much further away from the Earth's equator than today, new research has revealed. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/8tVnJOz

Preliminary findings from a new study involving more than 6,000 adults found that taste-related genes may play a role in determining food choices and could, in turn, influence cardiometabolic health. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Ef8lD7S

How healthy is your diet? It seems like a simple question, but according to a new study, it's one that most Americans struggle to get right. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/CM84knv

Researchers announced early tests of a new potato processing technique designed to make our bodies digest potato starch more slowly. Laboratory demonstrations show that the approach blocks certain digestive enzymes from reaching the potato starch as quickly, leading to a more controlled release of dietary glucose. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/V0ijylg

Many different types of bacteria and viruses can cause pneumonia, but there is no easy way to determine which microbe is causing a particular patient's illness. This uncertainty makes it harder for doctors to choose effective treatments because the antibiotics commonly used to treat bacterial pneumonia won't help patients with viral pneumonia. In addition, limiting the use of antibiotics is an important step toward curbing antibiotic resistance. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/L8XqfYb

Historic virus infections can be traced in vertebrate genomes. For millions of years, these genomes have been repositories for retroviruses that incorporated their code into germline cells and were inherited as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). Researchers now provide new findings about retroviral establishment in the koala genome. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/xSPD29N

A research team has demonstrated in-vivo imaging of fine neuronal structures in mouse cortex through the intact skull at an unprecedented depth of 750 µm below pia, making high-resolution microscopy in cortex near non-invasive and measurably facilitating the study of the living brain. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/YZ5nlEa

A robotic arm with an attached microphone learned to locate objects in a bag based on the sound they make, including a ring of keys and a bag of crisps from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/zdHKgCF

A major policy paper fails to address big health and environmental issues it was supposed to tackle, such as how to enable the diet changes needed to reach net zero from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/uMB9Wxd

Scientists have reported good news on the pandemic preparedness front: A cocktail of four manufactured antibodies is effective at neutralizing a virus from the Henipavirus family, a group of pathogens considered to be a global biosecurity threat. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/1mp3MVW

Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google, has claimed that the firm's LaMDA artificial intelligence is sentient, but the expert consensus is that this is not the case from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/tkGOQKH

A new study confirms Lantana strigocamara as the second-ever documented case of a plant creating blue-colored fruits with layered fat molecules. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/hrZBHoN

The European Space Agency has released a new tranche of data from its Gaia space observatory, and it could help us rewind the path of stars to see the history of the Milky Way from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/kb7Napw

Tests in mice show that it is possible to switch off a gene in liver cells for at least 220 days, which should lower cholesterol and cut the risk of heart disease from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/MZ1j8e3

Our grey matter can be over 2°C warmer than the rest of our body, with the highest temperatures reached by women’s brains in the second half of the menstrual cycle from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/xnoShgs

Since this time last year, many more countries and large companies have now pledged to reduce their net emissions to zero, but the details on how they plan to achieve it are still lacking from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/iYE4pnW

Political action won't come fast enough to keep the world to a temperature rise of 1.5°C, but being open about this failure should spur us to successful action on limiting emissions from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/rmzwc0E

The reasons bread goes stale are more complex than we thought. But we do know enough to make a loaf that really keeps, finds Sam Wong from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/fOE7xjc

Researchers show which signaling pathways make plants more resistant to flooding. The molecule ethylene is a warning signal for plants that they are under water and switches on the emergency supply for survival without oxygen. A team shows that plants can survive longer without oxygen when pretreated with ethylene. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/0YlxOgb

Seabirds in Scotland are suffering amid a fast-spreading bird flu that has already killed nearly 400,000 birds globally since last October from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/9BSzDmx

The relatively pristine coral populations of WA's inshore Kimberley region are better equipped to survive ocean warming than the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/6bqSKlt

During a court case about its policy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, lawyers for the UK government admitted that its strategy would only achieve 95 per cent of a legally mandated target from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/MYE5nG9

After analysing the tissue of nearly 25,000 miscarriages, researchers found more than half were caused by randomly occurring chromosomal abnormalities, with many of the remaining losses probably being due to undetectable genetic errors from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/QlaB7hS

An inhaled immunotherapy successfully treated cancer in some companion dogs as part of a clinical trial conducted by oncology and veterinary researchers. Results show potential for fighting cancer in humans as well. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/D2jrAgv

Researchers now reveal that nature's storage solution first evolved in ancient microbes living on Earth between one and two billion years ago. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/RIZj39Y

The Wallacean islands of present-day Eastern Indonesia have a long history of occupation by modern humans. Notably, the maritime expansion of Austronesian speakers into Wallacea left archaeological traces of a Neolithic lifestyle and a genetic imprint still detectable in Eastern Indonesians today. To gain further insights into Wallacea's settlement history, scientists sequenced and analyzed sixteen ancient genomes from different islands of Wallacea, finding evidence for repeated genetic admixtures starting at least 3,000 years ago. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/nrUwJ8P

In a small study, babies born to women who caught covid-19 while pregnant had a 6 per cent chance of a developmental delay diagnosis by 1 year of age, compared with a 3 per cent chance among babies whose mothers weren't infected from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/GXmCDSa

Wrapping robots in human skin that has been grown in a lab may help us to feel more at ease when we interact with them from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2v3Xtyr

A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive. Fernanda, named after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century. Geneticist successfully extracted DNA from a specimen collected from the same island more than a century ago and confirmed that Fernanda and the museum specimen are members of the same species and genetically distinct from all other Galápagos tortoises. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/bjMHfk9

New evidence suggests that two major glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are losing ice at the fastest rate for at least 5,500 years. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/IJaKur8

Researchers discovered a new species of alga in central New York and named it Gormaniella terricola, with the genus named after poet Amanda Gorman. The new species is quite interesting in that its chloroplast genome is highly repetitive and contains quite a bit of DNA from fungi and bacteria, meaning it was likely invaded multiple times from other species through a process called horizontal transfer. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Vu8SO5r

As the cherished rainforest in South America's Amazon River region continues to shrink, the river itself now presents evidence of other dangers: the overexploitation of freshwater fish. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/fyl6N4Y

New models that show how the continents were assembled are providing fresh insights into the history of the Earth and will help provide a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/qglGoNv

A new tool can quickly and reliably identify the presence of Ebola virus in blood samples, according to a new study. The technology, which uses so-called optical microring resonators, potentially could be developed into a rapid diagnostic test for the deadly Ebola virus disease, which kills up to 89% of infected people. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/wF4YxiM