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Released: 28-Jul-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Climate Change, Habitat Loss Threaten Eastern Forest Birds
Cornell University

Human-caused habitat loss looms as the greatest threat to some North American breeding birds over the next few decades. The problem will be most severe on their wintering grounds, according to a new study published in the journal Global Change Biology.

Released: 27-Jul-2017 4:55 PM EDT
Even Babies Can Tell Who's the Boss, UW Research Says
University of Washington

University of Washington researchers have found that the trait of social dominance, and the dynamics surrounding it, may be so naturally ingrained that toddlers as young as 17 months old not only can perceive who is dominant, but also anticipate that the dominant person will receive more rewards.

24-Jul-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Milky Way's Origins Are Not What They Seem
Northwestern University

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Northwestern University astrophysicists have discovered that up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from distant galaxies. As a result, each one of us may be made in part from extragalactic matter. Using supercomputer simulations, the researchers found an unexpected mode for how galaxies acquired matter: intergalactic transfer. Supernova explosions eject copious amounts of gas from galaxies, causing atoms to be transported from one galaxy to another via powerful galactic winds.

24-Jul-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Develop DNA Sunscreen That Gets Better the Longer You Wear It
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Why use regular sunscreen when you can apply a DNA film to your skin? Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a coating made out of DNA that gets better at protecting skin from Ultraviolet light the more you expose it to the sun, and it also keeps your skin hydrated.

   
Released: 25-Jul-2017 9:00 AM EDT
New Shark Species Glows in the Dark, Weighs About 2 Pounds and Has a Huge Nose
Florida Atlantic University

Just as “Shark Week” is gearing up, researchers have discovered a new species of shark 17 years in the making. Like finding a needle in a haystack, it was well worth the wait as this elusive creature is yet to be seen in the wild.

Released: 21-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
In Saliva, Clues to a ‘Ghost’ Species of Ancient Human
University at Buffalo

In saliva, scientists have found hints that a “ghost” species of archaic humans may have contributed genetic material to ancestors of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa today. The research adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that sexual rendezvous between different archaic human species may not have been unusual.

Released: 20-Jul-2017 1:00 PM EDT
NASA's Hubble Sees Martian Moon Orbiting the Red Planet
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

While photographing Mars, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a cameo appearance of the tiny moon Phobos on its trek around the Red Planet. Hubble took 13 separate exposures over 22 minutes to create a time-lapse video showing the moon's orbital path.

17-Jul-2017 9:00 AM EDT
3-D Printing Sweeps Toy Manufacturing Off the Shelves
Michigan Technological University

People have scoffed that 3-D printers are simply toys themselves. But they probably didn't realize how much money is made off playthings. Do-it-yourself (DIY) manufacturing—making goods at home with a 3-D printer using open source designs from a free online repository—has a multimillion-dollar impact on the overall toy industry.

14-Jul-2017 3:30 PM EDT
Scientists Calculate Total Amount of Plastics Ever Produced
University of Georgia

Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or the natural environment, according to a study published today in the journal Science Advances.

Released: 13-Jul-2017 2:25 PM EDT
The Devastating Effects of Nuclear Weapon Testing
University of Utah

The University of Utah’s J. Marriott Library created an interactive, geospatial archive depicting the story of Utah radioactive fallout related to atmospheric nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.

   
Released: 12-Jul-2017 8:05 AM EDT
New Analysis of Rare Argentinian Rat Unlocks Origin of the Largest Mammalian Genome
McMaster University

New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of Argentina, demonstrates how genomes can rapidly change in size. Researchers from McMaster University set out to study this particular species because its genome, or its complete set of DNA, is the largest of all mammals, and appears to have increased in size very rapidly.

Released: 29-Jun-2017 2:00 PM EDT
Study: Climate Change Damages US Economy, Increases Inequality
Rutgers University

Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a new study published today in the journal Science. The poorest third of counties could sustain economic damages costing as much as 20 percent of their income if warming proceeds unabated. States in the South and lower Midwest, which tend to be poor and hot already, will lose the most, with economic opportunity traveling northward and westward. Colder and richer counties along the northern border and in the Rockies could benefit the most as health, agriculture and energy costs are projected to improve.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2017 7:05 AM EDT
A Wave’s “Sweet Spot” Revealed
University of California San Diego

For surfers, finding the “sweet spot,” the most powerful part of the wave, is part of the thrill and the challenge.

Released: 27-Jun-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
Long Baseline Observatory

Using VLBA telescope, astronomers have made the first detection of orbital motion in a pair of supermassive black holes in a galaxy some 750 million light-years from Earth.

21-Jun-2017 3:00 PM EDT
The Blue-Winged Amazon: A New Parrot Species From the Yucatán Peninsula
PeerJ

In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Garza came across parrots with a completely different colour pattern from other known species. A study published today in the open-access journal PeerJ names these birds as a new species.

Released: 26-Jun-2017 3:30 PM EDT
Why Social Isolation Can Bring a Greater Risk of Illness
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

In the fruit fly, social isolation leads to sleep loss, which in turn leads to cellular stress and the activation of a defense mechanism called the unfolded protein response.

   
Released: 22-Jun-2017 12:00 PM EDT
Select Memories Can Be Erased, Leaving Others Intact
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Different types of memories stored in the same neuron of the marine snail Aplysia can be selectively erased, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and McGill University and published today in Current Biology.

21-Jun-2017 1:00 PM EDT
Hubble Captures Massive Dead Disk Galaxy That Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Astronomers combined the power of a “natural lens” in space with the capability of the Hubble Space Telescope to make a surprising discovery—the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang. Researchers say that finding such a galaxy so early in the history of the universe challenges the current understanding of how massive galaxies form and evolve.

16-Jun-2017 12:00 PM EDT
Wet and Stormy Weather Lashed California Coast…8,200 Years Ago
Vanderbilt University

An analysis of stalagmite records from White Moon Cave in the Santa Cruz Mountains shows that 8200 years ago the California coast underwent 150 years of exceptionally wet and stormy weather. It is the first high resolution record of how the Holocene cold snap affected the California climate.

Released: 14-Jun-2017 11:00 AM EDT
Chaotically Magnetized Cloud Is No Place to Build a Star, or Is It?
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

To make a star, the conditions inside interstellar gas clouds have to be "just right." When it comes to a cloud's magnetic fields, however, those conditions may range from powerful and orderly to weak and chaotic, according to new ALMA observations.



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