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Machine learning calibration of biosensors for microcystin toxin monitoring in freshwater
Researchers have developed a machine learning approach to improve portable biosensors for detecting microcystin-lysine-arginine (MC-LR), a deadly toxi…
A robot swarm is on a mission to map Greenland’s perilous ice sheets
Researchers deployed a swarm of autonomous robots across Greenland's ice sheets to gather critical data about how glaciers meet the ocean, work that c…
Deep-sea life has a secret food source scientists never expected
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that feeds deep-sea microbial communities. Extreme pressure at ocean depths compresses sink…
Scientists finally solved the mystery of Earth's greatest mass extinction
A team of researchers has identified the mechanisms behind Earth's most severe mass extinction event, the Permian-Triassic extinction roughly 252 mill…
Patterned frozen soils get their shape from gravity and funky physics
Frozen soils in Arctic hillslopes develop striking geometric patterns through a combination of gravity and unusual physics, new research reveals. Sci…
Physicists finally build a quantum material predicted more than a decade ago
A team of physicists has successfully synthesized a two-dimensional quantum material that theorists predicted over a decade ago, marking a breakthroug…
Scientists warn invasive Asian mantises are threatening Europe's wildlife
Two invasive Asian praying mantis species spreading rapidly across Europe have earned official invasive status, triggering alarm among scientists abou…
Tropical forests stop absorbing carbon dioxide during El Niño events. This year could be the worst.
Tropical rainforests, long considered Earth's lungs for absorbing carbon dioxide, flip into carbon emitters during El Niño events, new research reveal…
Collapse of AMOC ocean current may already be locked in
Scientists have identified a tipping point in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the ocean current system that transports warm wa…
First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there's a big catch
Researchers conducted the first field experiment in Arctic sea ice thickening using seawater, demonstrating technical feasibility for the geoengineeri…
Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
Climate change has already cost global agriculture over $20 billion annually in crop losses, according to research examining the financial impact of w…
Tropical forests can switch from carbon sinks to carbon sources during El Niño
Tropical rainforests, among Earth's most powerful carbon storage systems, can flip into carbon-releasing engines during El Niño events, new research s…
Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we've seen it happen
Researchers have directly observed relativistic effects altering chemical bonds in a bismuth-carbon molecule, confirming predictions that Einstein's s…
Morning glories reveal 96% drop in adaptation as pollinator pressure reshapes evolution
Researchers at the University of Michigan have documented a striking evolutionary shift in morning glories, finding that plants facing twin pressures …