Tour de force: Western Space researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before

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 Els Peeters, Jan Cami and collaborators among first scientists to use James Webb telescope for studying star formationStar and planet formation is a messy affair. It starts with the gravitational collapse of a gigantic cloud of gas and dust, which simultaneously produces massive stars, whose intense radiation field creates a harsh environment...
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Generating Buzz: Climate Change Takes Center Stage

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 April is Earth Month, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2023 was the warmest year on record for our planet. As the global conversation around the climate and humans' effect on it continues, Georgia Tech researchers are taking a leading role in quantifying the issues posed by climate change and crafting solu...
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GammaDelta Therapeutics

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 Takeda and Abingworth commit up to $100 million to accelerate GammaDelta Therapeutics-led Research and DevelopmentTakeda and GammaDelta Therapeutics collaborate to advance tissue-derived gamma delta (γδ) T cells'The pioneering research developed by Professor Adrian Hayday and Dr. Oliver Nussbaumer at King's College London and the Francis Cric...
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Seagrass

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 Edith Cowan University's ground-breaking marine science research will inform global climate change policy for years to come.Seagrass research key to fighting climate changeEdith Cowan University's ground-breaking marine science research will inform global climate change policy for years to come.An international research team led by ECU invest...
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SOLAR & SPACE PHYSICS Peak of Research Excellence

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Northumbria is home to the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST). This £50million state-of-the-art building is a UK-wide space asset and trains the next generation of space-related engineers. Our Solar and Space Physics researchers work to understand the physics of the Sun, the solar-terrestrial connection, and all aspects of space ...
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Data-driven and high-tech innovations

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 Self-learning devices that identify possible food contamination and food fraud at an early stage. Smart software that allows consumers to make food choices that are healthiest in their situation. Analyzing robots in agriculture and horticulture that give animals and plants exactly the right treatment at the right time.Wageningen Universi...
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Shall develop new methods to fill the gaps in Africa's climate history

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 NMBU has received funding for a project where the researchers will develop digital methods to analyze annual rings in tropical trees. The goal is to revolutionize the way we conduct climate research in the tropics.NMBU researcher Medley Mekonen Rannestad has received funding from The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization f...
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One in seven deepwater sharks and rays at risk of extinction

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 One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, according to a new eight-year study released today in the journal Science.Specifically, the analysis found that sharks and rays are caught as incidental bycatch in fisheries targeting more commercially valuable species. However, they are kept ...
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Venice: the risk maps of the flood-prone areas

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 Over the past decades, floods in the Metropolitan City of Venice during heavy rainfall events have highlighted the inadequacy of sewer and drainage systems in this highly urbanized area.Given the future climate scenarios and the urbanization rate, worsening conditions and extreme events are expected in the next decades, posing rising threats ...
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Polar bears unlikely to adapt to longer summers

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 PULLMAN, Wash. — More time stranded on land means greater risk of starvation for polar bears, a new study indicates.During three summer weeks, 20 polar bears closely observed by scientists tried different strategies to maintain energy reserves, including resting, scavenging and foraging. Yet nearly all of them lost weight rapidly: on average ...
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CIM-UVigo researchers start a new campaign in Antarctica, one of the best natural laboratories in the world

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 Experiments have already begun to study the effect of solar radiation and temperature on macroalgae.Nine campaigns and new experiences in the Antarctic summerFor the UVigo team this is the ninth research campaign they are developing in Antarctica, where they have already carried out projects in the years 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 20...
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EIRSAT-1: Ireland successfully launches its first satellite into space

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 EIRSAT-1, a student-built satellite from University College Dublin, has been successfully launched into space, officially becoming Ireland's first-ever satellite.The miniature cube satellite, or cubesat, designed, built, and tested at UCD under guidance of the European Space Agency (ESA), took flight at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Cali...
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Interacting Polarons: Simulations of Interacting Quasiparticles in Ultracold Quantum Gas

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 Quasiparticles are an essential tool to describe the complex processes resulting from strong interactions in solids. These quasiparticles can be accurately simulated and studied in a radically different system, namely an ultracold quantum gas. Now scientists have been able to observe in a real experiment how quasiparticles called Fermi polaro...
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Male lyrebirds snare mates with ‘acoustic illusion’

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 Already famous for its uncanny ability to imitate other birds and mechanical devices, Australia's superb lyrebird can also imitate the panicked alarm calls of a mixed-species flock of birds while males are courting or even mating, a team including a Cornell researcher has found."The male superb lyrebird creates a remarkable acoustic illusion,...
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Uncovering the genetic history of British otters

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 New genetic research has revealed how British otters were able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of their counterparts from Asia.Using genome sequencing data, a team from Cardiff University's Otter Project showed that much of the genetic diversity of British otters was lost when chemical pollution led to severe populatio...
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Engines for Change: UNLV Engineering, Economic Development Drive Regional Climate Innovation Partnership

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 UNLV, regional academic partners awarded milestone 'Engines' grant from NSF to translate sustainability ideas into tangible technologies.Drought. Continuously warming temperatures. Rapid population growth. It's a formula for disaster that — if unabated — will threaten the vitality, livability, and economic future of the Southwest.Scientists a...
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Arctic rocket launch could uncover unique features of Earth’s life-sustaining atmosphere.

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 A Leicester expert in space weather has helped launch a NASA mission from deep within the Arctic Circle which could uncover unique features of our atmosphere that enable life on Earth.Dr Suzie Imber, Associate Professor in Space Physics at the University of Leicester, is part of a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) team working from the world's n...
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Tiny honeybee parasite could be tripped up by its distinctive walk

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 A tiny parasitic honeybee mite has a distinctive walk, researchers have found – and by listening for the unique vibration caused by its stride pattern they hope it could help them spot if it is infesting a hive.Scientists at Nottingham Trent University have identified the 'signature' walk of the 1mm mite and using hi-tech monitoring equipment...
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Life-threatening nomadic behaviour of the Short-eared Owl

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 While this might sound like the lifestyle anthem of the toughest rockers of the 1970s, a recent groundbreaking study by ornithologists shows that the life of the Short-eared Owl follows this path. The findings, published a few days ago in the scientific journal Ibis, reveal unexpected routes taken by the owl, and reveal the urgent need for co...
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CONSERVING CORAL REEFS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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 Research backgroundAs coral reefs continue to degrade at an alarming rate, a research team at the University of Derby and colleagues at the Horniman Museum and Gardens are helping to turn the tide with a ground-breaking approach to rearing young corals which could be transplanted onto damaged reefs.Since 2014, the University's Aquatic Researc...
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