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Energetics Study Indicates that Shrinking Sea Ice Is Creating an Ecological Trap for Polar Bears
San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using innovative technologies to understand why polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea are showing divergent movement patterns in the summer.
What To Expect When You're Expecting Electric Transportation
While electric vehicles alone may not reduce carbon emissions, a new study reveals that when electric vehicles are powered with renewable energy and coupled with carbon policy strategies, they can help combat climate change without sacrificing economic growth.
Researchers Report Progress On Molecular Data Storage System
A team of Brown University researchers has made substantial progress in an effort to create a new type of molecular data storage system.
New Metabolic Engineering Strategy For Effective Sugar Utilization By Microbes Successfully Improves Bioproduction Of Polymer Raw Materials
A research group, consisting of doctoral student FUJIWARA Ryosuke, Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu (both of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Engineering) and Research Scientist NODA Shuhei (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science), has succeeded in improving the yield of target chemical production from biomass.
Genetic Resistance To Lethal Virus Found In Fish Species
Resistance to a deadly disease that is affecting the second most farmed fish in the world has been found to be mainly due to differences in genes between families of the same fish.