CLIMATE CHANGE | Insect activities due to global warming cause more crop losses: study
WASHINGTON -- American researchers found that climate change was expected to accelerate rates of crop loss due to growth of...
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GLOBAL WARMING | Most land-based ecosystems at high risk of major transformation due to climate change: study
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Without dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, most of the planet's land-based ecosystems, from forests and grasslands to...
SCI-TECH | Gene editing technique halts Duchenne muscular dystrophy in dogs
WASHINGTON -- American scientists have for the first time used gene editing technology to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular...
MED-TECH | New AI system trained to detect missed tumors in cancer patients
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA-- A new artificial Intelligence (AI) system has been created to help detect small tumors for lung cancer...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Burning fossil fuels contributes most to global oxygen drop: study
LANZHOU, CHINA -- Burning fossil fuels is the largest contributor to the declining level of oxygen in the atmosphere, according...
TECH NEWS | Researchers develop multi-purpose silicon chip for quantum information processing
LONDON, ENGLAND -- An international team led by UK and Chinese researchers have demonstrated a new multi-functional quantum processor which...
SOCIAL SCIENCE | German researchers explore neural causes of procrastination
BERLIN, GERMANY -- A team of German researchers have examined why some people postpone tasks rather than act immediately, and...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Number of marine heatwave days roughly doubles between 1982 and 2016: study
NEW YORK -- The number of marine heatwave days has roughly doubled between 1982 and 2016 and will further increase...
NATURE | Scientists map out complete genetic codes of wheat
WASHINGTON -- An international team has produced the most comprehensive genome map of wheat, which paved the way for more...
NATURE | Study links insect evolution to ability to detect airborne odors
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- A study of the University of Illinois (UI) reveals that all insects use specialized odorant receptors that...