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Scientists Aboard NOAA Research Vessel Collect Samples From Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt During Unprecedented Bloom

Opportunistic sampling shows geographic scope of distribution, offer some of the first sampling opportunities.

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How Plants Adapt to Nitrogen Deficiency

Nitrogen as a fertilizer can increase yields.

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VIMS Study: Sea-Level Rise is Double-Edged Sword for Carbon Storage

Coastal ecosystems are a natural storehouse for carbon, with policymakers looking to bays, marshes, and seaside forests as nature-based solutions to help combat climate change.

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Lynx Reintroduction in Scotland? It’s Complicated

Plans to reintroduce the lynx in Scotland provoke a complex range of opinions, new research shows.

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Bacterial Injection System Delivers Proteins in Mice and Human Cells

Researchers at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have harnessed a natural bacterial system to develop a new protein delivery approach that works in human cells and animals.

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NASA Releases Agency Climate Strategy

NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. 

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NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst

On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time.

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AI Shows the Need for Healthier Diets in Long-Term Care Homes

A detailed analysis of consumed food showed there is a need to improve diets in long-term care (LTC) homes to make them healthier for residents.

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Using Quantum Technologies to Make Precise Early-Stage Diagnosis

Quantum science is transforming the ways technology can lead to innovation in health by improving how doctors use tools to measure and determine a health diagnosis at an early stage before symptoms progress into long-term medical issues among patients.

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Researchers Develop Electrolyte Enabling High Efficiency of Safe, Sustainable Zinc Batteries

Scientists led by an Oregon State University researcher have developed a new electrolyte that raises the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc batteries to nearly 100%, a breakthrough on the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.

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