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Q&A: Learning how we respond to wildfire smoke to help inform policy and programs
With wildfires growing in size, frequency, and intensity, more and more people are being exposed to their smoke, sometimes thousands of miles from the flames. I...
Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the il...
New radio method uncovers hidden bursts from dwarf stars and hints of exoplanets
An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering previously undetectable stellar and e...
How iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed: X-ray methods enable real-time view
Researchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in real time ho...
Alfvén waves act as the power source behind Earth's auroral displays, research reveals
The dazzling lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth's atmosphere. While scientists have long understood this...
Study reveals shrinking package sizes hide significant food inflation
A new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist shows that shrinking package sizes at U.S. grocery stores have played a hidden but important...
Strength-in-numbers X-ray technique can map previously unattainable atomic structures
For many decades, the method to obtain atomic-level descriptions of chemical compounds and materials—be it a drug, a catalyst, or a commodity chemical—has been...
Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply...
Roadkill offers an ethical alternative to live wildlife in scientific research
A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, published in Biology Letters, discusses...
Hearing tests uncover unexpected humpback sensitivity to high-frequency noise
University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometers of ocean off the Australian coast show humpback whales react to higher frequency sounds than...
Subtle rotations in ancient light: Decoding the universe's symmetry
A team of researchers studying the uncertainties associated with a phenomenon known as cosmic birefringence has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in it...
A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope
Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest:...