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Climate change shifting Earth's axis, Scientists Say

Climate change shifting Earth’s axis, Scientists Say

Loss of water on land through ice melting and human-caused factors is changing the movement of the North and South poles. Glacial melting due to...
Researchers don spacesuits to explore Hawaiian lava tubes as if they were on Mars

Researchers don spacesuits to explore Hawaiian lava tubes as if they were on Mars

Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under...
Scientists find climate change impacts plankton – a key marine food source

Scientists find climate change impacts plankton – a key marine food source

A key type of zooplankton’s inability to adapt to climate change could have adverse implications for marine food chains across the world if a...
Research: Dolphins’ genetic response to virus

Research: Dolphins’ genetic response to virus

Flinders University researchers have sequenced the genomes of dolphins, revealing variations that may influence their deadly immune response to a measles related virus. Climate change...
New process makes 'biodegradable' plastics truly compostable (Study)

New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable (Study)

With Army funding, scientists invented a way to make compostable plastics break down within a few weeks with just heat and water. This advance...
Research team training artificial intelligence to better detect small objects

Research team training artificial intelligence to better detect small objects

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is good at recognizing a single bird in an image. Where it falls short is when it tries to identify hundreds...
Insect youths give in to parasitic mum, says study

Insect youths give in to parasitic mum, says study

Adult children concede to exploitative mums leading to the evolution of insect societies, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found. Researchers...
Researchers create the first hybrid human-monkey embryo

Researchers create the first hybrid human-monkey embryo

Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and were able to grow chimeric embryos for a...
Massive fragment screen points way to new SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors (New research)

Massive fragment screen points way to new SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors (New research)

New research published in Science Advances provides a template for how to develop directly-acting antivirals with novel modes of action, that would combat COVID-19...
Artificial intelligence could be used to triage patients suspected at risk of early stage oesophageal cancer (Study)

Artificial intelligence could be used to triage patients suspected at risk of early stage...

Artificial intelligence ‘deep learning’ techniques can be used to triage suspected cases of Barrett oesophagus, a precursor to oesophageal cancer, potentially leading to faster...

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