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A clearer picture
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has had a transformative impact on many areas of clinical medicine and research – allowing doctors to see inside...
Fieldwork in the Arctic is surprisingly costly, limiting the research done there
Mark Mallory, who has studied Arctic seabirds for more than 20 years, often notes in his scientific papers how expensive it is to conduct...
Do dolphins feel grief?
When an adult striped dolphin emerged from the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 pushing, nudging, and circling the carcass of its dead female companion for...
New radio telescope in South Africa will study galaxy formation
Today, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a continent-spanning radio astronomy project, announced that Spain has come on board as the collaboration’s 11th member. That...
Ancient Earth froze over in a geologic instant
Earth’s ice is melting at a rapid clip today. But some scientists think that during several ancient episodes, the planet plunged into a deep...
The fight has begun over Europe’s big budget increase for science
European universities are unhappy about the details, announced yesterday, of Horizon Europe, the European Union’s new 7-year research program that will start in 2021....
Brewing up Earth’s earliest life
Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded by asteroids, with no signs...
Antibiotic resistance rises in ‘lonely’ mutating microbes
Antibiotic resistance rises in 'lonely' mutating microbes
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERA major study led by The University of Manchester has discovered that so called 'lonely' microbes,...
Scientists uncover the secret behind shimmering seaweed
Scientists uncover the secret behind shimmering seaweed
By Kai Kupferschmidt
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—At low tide, the brown seaweed filling tide pools along the coasts of Cornwall and Devon...