Conifer-killing beetles use smell of beneficial fungus to select host trees
Eurasian spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) burrow into the bark of Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees where they mate and […]
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Researchers activate an enzyme with light, revealing its role in metabolism
Takeaki Ozawa and his team from the University of Tokyo have revealed the metabolic reactions that take place after activating
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Psychological grit is overrated as the key to retention in distance education—new study debunks the myth
Psychological grit has garnered a lot of interest in the last decade, particularly in the higher education arena. It’s typically
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New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise
The trawling of thousands of satellite measurements using artificial intelligence has shown researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and
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With Nothing to Eat Except Viruses, Some Microbes Thrive
“Virovores” — organisms that survive and multiply by eating viruses — might influence the flow of energy through ecosystems. The
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Isaac Greenwood began his “Publick” lectures at Harvard as the first Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The lectures
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Newton elected as only the second foreign member of the French Academy. More information about: Isaac Newton Read More
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Girard Desargues, an inventor of projective geometry, born in Lyon, France. More information about: Girard Desargues Read More
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Newly discovered form of salty ice could exist on surface of extraterrestrial moons
The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, are striking. Scientists suspect it is a frozen
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Novel synthetic porphyrin as a dual antidote against fire gas poisoning
When buildings burn, the burning materials generate highly toxic carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) gases, which can be