Climate Change Has Cut Global Agricultural Productivity by 21% Since 1961

Collaborative research shows more severe slowdowns in warmer regions like Africa and Latin America. The University of Maryland (UMD) has ...
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Marsquake! NASA’s InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars

https://scitechdaily.com/images/NASA-InSight-Lander-Scoop.webm NASA’s InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its ...
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Littlest Shop of Horrors: Hungry Green Algae Prefer to Eat Bacteria Alive

A brightfield image of Pyramimonas parkeae (left) and a green fluorescence image of the same algae, revealing the ingested bacteria ...
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CDC Real-World Research: Protective Benefits of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Confirmed

Study involved health care personnel, first responders, and essential workers in six states. A new CDC study provides strong evidence ...
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Genetic Mutations Add Up to Very High Blood Cancer Risk in Three Popular Dog Breeds

Genomic study finds cancer-linked variants in Bernese mountain dogs, Rottweilers, and retrievers. Six genetic variants add up to determine the ...
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Western U.S. Drought Conditions Continue in Spring 2021 – And It’s Expected to Worsen

March 23, 2021 The western United States is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought, and it is expected to worsen ...
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Redefining a Second: Three of the World’s Leading Atomic Clocks Compared With Record Accuracy

NIST researchers precisely compared the signals from three optical atomic clocks over air and optical fiber, with two of the ...
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Asdex Upgrade: Paving the Way for a Fusion Power Plant

The plasma vessel from Asdex Upgrade. At the bottom you can see the divertor’s baffle plates. Credit: © Volker Rohde ...
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Highly Contagious Coronavirus Variant Spread Across the Globe – Undetected for Months – Before Its Discovery

A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the United States by October 2020, according to a ...
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Satellite Data Shows Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet Can Drain Huge Amounts of Water, Even in Winter

Lakes form on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet each summer as the weather warms. They exist for weeks ...
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