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Great Salt Lake's Ancient Past Reveals Fast Disappearance of Fresh Water
1The Great Salt Lake was once a massive freshwater lake that swelled to nearly 1,000 feet deep and covered over 10 times its current …
Shorebirds' Home Advantage: Why Some Don't Return to Their Breeding Grounds
1The study found that high-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to their breeding areas. 2Researchers analyzed data from decades of field studies across the Northern Hemisphere. …
Magnets could help computers talk to each other more efficiently
1Xufeng Zhang is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University. 2He has developed small-scale magnetic systems that can transmit information between …
New Crystal Can Capture CO₂ and Recognize Similar Molecules
1Scientists from Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan created an interlayer adaptive crystal (LAC) that can capture CO₂ and other gases. 2The LAC is …
Smart Nanoparticles Deliver Antibiotics Directly to Harmful Bacteria
1H. pylori bacteria infect around half of the global population and cause stomach ulcers and cancer. 2Scientists from Pusan National University developed nanoparticles that …
Bacteria Turn Flowers into Leaves, Affecting Crops Worldwide
1Phytoplasmas are bacteria that infect plants through insect vectors. 2The symptoms of phytoplasma infection can vary, but often cause stunted growth or changes in …
Rivers Don't Respond to Storms in the Same Way Twice
1Scientists studied over 2 million rainfall events in 97 countries. 2Most rivers don't behave like predictable pipes, but rather like dynamic systems with a …
Do 'Pheromone' Maxxing Products Really Work?
1Pheromones are chemical messengers released by animals to communicate with each other. 2Humans lack the necessary organs and structures to detect pheromones. 3Fresh sweat …
Disordered Atoms Can Emit Light in One Direction
1Scientists at TU Darmstadt discovered that disordered atoms can emit light in one direction using a hollow fiber. 2The team used a technique called …
Webb Telescope Discovers Smallest Known Brown Dwarfs
1The James Webb Space Telescope discovered brown dwarfs with masses as low as twice that of Jupiter. 2These objects are located in the star-forming …
Stopping Great Salt Lake Dust: A New Report Offers Solutions
1A team of researchers from the University of Utah has released a report on controlling dust from the exposed lakebed of Great Salt Lake. …
Scientists Debate Artificially Dimming the Sun
1Scientists are proposing three methods to artificially dim the sun: injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, adding sea-salt particles to clouds, or reducing cloud …