As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban areas helped spawn a meme, “Nature is healing,” that reflected an intuitive belief: Carnivores were stretching their legs, and their ranges, by expanding into long-lost territory.
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Crop Farmers Face New Disease Pressures as Climate Changes
Climate change will increase the burden of crop diseases in some parts of the world and reduce it in others, new research suggests.
Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use
A new article in Science magazine gives an overview of almost three decades of research into colloidal quantum dots, assesses the technological progress for these nanometer-sized specs of semiconductor matter, and weighs the remaining challenges on the path to widespread commercialization for this promising technology with applications in everything from TVs to highly efficient sunlight collectors.
Up to 85 per Cent of Historical Salmon Habitat Lost in Lower Fraser Region
For perhaps the first time ever, researchers have mapped out the true extent of habitat loss for salmon in the Lower Fraser River, one of the most important spawning and rearing grounds for Pacific salmon in B.C.
Major Atlantic Ocean Current System Might Be Approaching Critical Threshold
The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century.
Using Two Crispr Enzymes, a COVID Diagnostic in Only 20 Minutes
Frequent, rapid testing for COVID-19 is critical to controlling the spread of outbreaks, especially as new, more transmissible variants emerge.


