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New study shows scientists improve communication, education skills after working with teachers

Gains in selected beneft attributes for the scientists (N=15). Credit: Evolution: Education and Outreach (2022). DOI: 10.1186/s12052-022-00177-z Every summer from 2012 to 2016, Bruce MacFadden and a team of scientists accompanied K-12 teachers on an expedition to collect fossils around the Panama Canal. During this professional development program, educators learned from paleontologists how to identify […]

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Carbon dioxide removal should receive additional financial support, says study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cleaning up greenhouse gases after they have been emitted should be incentivized by subsidies. New evidence from an economic analysis considering international markets suggests an important reason why subsidies should be higher than the price put on carbon emissions to incentivize their reduction. In a first-of-its-kind model study, researchers analyze policies […]

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3D structure of mammalian genome reveals record-breaking diversity

Graphical Abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111839 The genome (the code of life) is organized in the form of folded chromosomes within the nucleus of cells. This three-dimensional organization of the genome is fundamental, as it determines which genes are switched on and off in each cell type. Comparing whole genome sequences from different […]

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US must disconnect strategic supply chains from China, say experts

World Mine Production of REO (left) and China’s Share (right). Note: ROW means rest of world. Prepared by authors using publicly available data from the United States Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries. Credit: Baker Institute for Public Policy/Rice University; Of Chinese Behemoths: What China’s Rare Earths Dominance Means for the US. https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/chinese-behemoths-what-chinas-rare-earths-dominance-means-us China’s dominance over the supply […]

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Simulations suggest more wind than thought on Mars for powering turbines

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A pair of researchers at NASA working with a colleague from the University of Colorado at Boulder and another from the University of Washington-Seattle has found evidence suggesting that there might be enough wind on Mars to power wind turbines after all. In their study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, […]

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Later brand reveal in advertisements leads to better sales

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to product advertisements, consumers like a bit of mystery. A University of Otago-led study, in partnership with researchers from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, in Australia, has found television advertisements are more successful if they show the product first and the brand later. Lead author Dr. John […]

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Developing antibiotics that target multiple-drug-resistant bacteria

The sphaerimicin analogs (SPMs) inhibit the activity of MraY, and hence the replication of bacteria, with different degrees of effectiveness. The potency of the analog increases as the IC50 decreases. Credit: (Takeshi Nakaya, et al. Nature Communications. December 20, 2022) Researchers have designed and synthesized analogs of a new antibiotic that is effective against multidrug-resistant […]

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Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research reveals that the animals that perceive time the fastest are those that are small, can fly, or are marine predators. These preliminary results will be presented at the British Ecological Society’s annual meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday 20th December by Dr. Kevin Healy at the University of Galway. The […]

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Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets: Study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Incentivizing farmers to restore some land as habitats for nature could deliver UK climate and biodiversity targets at half the taxpayer cost of integrating nature into land managed for food production, according to a new study published today in the journal People and Nature. This research is also being presented today […]

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UK woodlands could store almost twice as much carbon as previously estimated

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UK forests could store almost double the amount of carbon than previous calculations suggest, with consequences for our understanding of carbon stocks and humanity’s response to climate change, according to a new study involving UCL researchers. For the study, published today in the journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence, the international team […]

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