A study published today in Scientific Reports suggests that new health challenges may be emerging as a result of conservationists’ success in pulling mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction.
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Made in the Shade or Fun in the Sun
New insights into how phytochromes help plants sense and react to light, temperature
Road Verges Provide Opportunity for Wildflowers, Bees and Trees
University of Exeter researchers used Google Earth and Google Street View to estimate that verges account for 2,579 km2 (almost 1,000 square miles) of land.
Does the Milky Way Move Like a Spinning Top?
An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Žofia Chrobáková, a doctoral student at the IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL), and Martín López Corredoira, questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: the precession, or the wobble in the axis of rotation of the disc warp is incorrect.
Technique to Evaluate Wind Turbines May Boost Wind Power Production
With a global impetus toward utilizing more renewable energy sources, wind presents a promising, increasingly tapped resource.
Holograms Increase Solar Energy Yield
The energy available from sunlight is 10,000 times more than what is needed to supply the world's energy demands.