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Climate change will reshape ecosystems through two types of events: short-term, extreme events — or ‘pulses’ — and long-term changes, or ‘presses.’ Understanding the effects of presses and pulses is essential as conservationists and policymakers try …

Save the … parasites? Analyzing 140 years of parasite abundance in fish shows dramatic declines, especially in parasites that rely on three or more host species. The decline is linked to warming ocean temperatures. Parasitic species might be in real …

Save the … parasites? Analyzing 140 years of parasite abundance in fish shows dramatic declines, especially in parasites that rely on three or more host species. The decline is linked to warming ocean temperatures. Parasitic species might be in real …

Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.

Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.

Researchers have used fruit flies to decipher an unexplained connection between Alzheimer’s disease and a genetic variation, revealing that it causes neurons to die.

Researchers have used fruit flies to decipher an unexplained connection between Alzheimer’s disease and a genetic variation, revealing that it causes neurons to die.

Shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan’s Quintet are helping astronomers to understand how turbulence influences gas in the intergalactic medium. New observations have revealed that a sonic boom several t…

A new durable copper-based coating can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters. The coating responds to the presence of toxic gases in the ai…

A new durable copper-based coating can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters. The coating responds to the presence of toxic gases in the ai…

A newly published study sheds light on the biological underpinnings in sex differences in obesity-related disease, with researchers observing ‘striking’ differences in the cells that build blood vessels in the fatty tissue of male versus female mice.

As the atmospheric deposition of sulfur has decreased, the use of sulfur fertilizer in Midwestern U.S. agriculture has increased between 1985 and 2015.

Astronomers have used data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations and discovered 87 galaxies that could be the earliest known galaxies in the universe. The finding moves the astronomers one step closer to finding out w…

A new analysis of distant galaxies imaged by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows that they are extremely young and share some remarkable similarities to ‘green peas,’ a rare class of small galaxies in our cosmic backyard.