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Drones Launch Wildlife Research to New Heights

September 1, 2020

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—more familiarly known as drones—are quickly becoming a key piece of equipment for wildlife researchers. UAVs are safer, less costly, more efficient, and more precise than other, more traditional wildlife research methods. … Read More

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Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body

24 September 2020

Two new studies offer an explanation for why COVID-19 cases can be so variable. A subset of patients has mutations in key immunity genes; other patients have auto-antibodies that target the same components of the immune system. Both circumstances could contribute to severe forms of the disease.

Comet discovered to have its own northern lights

21 September 2020

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has its own far-ultraviolet aurora, data reveal. It is the first time such electromagnetic emissions in the far-ultraviolet have been documented on a celestial object other than a planet or moon.

Ancient volcanoes once boosted ocean carbon, but humans are now far outpacing them

14 September 2020

A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that massive volcanism sent great waves of carbon into the oceans over thousands of years -- but that nature did not come close to matching what humans are doing today.

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INRS researchers develop a new membraneless fuel cell

29 September 2020

(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) The research team of INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) professor Mohamed Mohamedi has designed a green membraneless fuel cell that uses oxygen from the air. The results of this innovative microfluidic application -- a first in Canada -- were published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. [...]

Computer model shows how COVID-19 could lead to runaway inflammation

29 September 2020

(University of Pittsburgh) New study addresses a mystery first raised in March: Why do some people with COVID-19 develop severe inflammation? The research shows how the molecular structure and sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein could be behind life-threatening inflammatory conditions MIS-C and cytokine storm. [...]

Conversation quickly spreads droplets inside buildings

29 September 2020

(Princeton University, Engineering School) With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical 'jet-like' airflow that quickly carries a spray of tiny droplets from a speaker's mouth across meters of an interior space. [...]

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Scientists Say: Plastic

28 September 2020 - Bethany Brookshire

Plastics are made of long polymer chains and can take on many shapes. Unfortunately, they stick around for a long time. [...]

Strange but true: White dwarfs shrink as they gain mass

28 September 2020 - Maria Temming

Telescope observations of thousands of these stars now confirm a decades-old theory on how their masses relate to their waistline. [...]

One tiny sea parasite survives 200 times atmospheric pressure

25 September 2020 - Shi En Kim

Known as the seal louse, this tiny insect can survive deep oceanic dives on its mobile home, a marine mammal. [...]

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