#Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential

“#Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential” Professor Philip Wookey, of the University of Stirling, is leading the programme of work. Credit: University of Stirling The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling. Current ecosystem and climate models…

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#A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology

“#A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents in micrometer-scale channels, finding that power generation efficiency improves drastically as the size of…

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#Understanding the circadian clocks of individual cells

“#Understanding the circadian clocks of individual cells” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two new studies led by UT Southwestern scientists outline how individual cells maintain their internal clocks, driven both through heritable and random means. These findings, published online May 1 in PNAS and May 27 in eLife, help explain how organisms’ circadian clocks maintain flexibility…

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#Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’

“#Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’” Mechanism and utilities of the 19F NMR-based separation-free enantiodifferentiation. Credit: Zhao Yanchun Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a new platform for rapid chiral analysis, producing chromatogram-like output without the need for separation. The study was published in Cell…

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#Grazing disputes in Kyrgyzstan reveal pasture access concerns for herders

“#Grazing disputes in Kyrgyzstan reveal pasture access concerns for herders” Yurts in a valley in Kyrgyzstan. Credit: EJ Wolfson via Unsplash In early June, livestock herders from two neighboring districts in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn oblast, or administrative region, clashed over disagreements regarding pasture access. Grazing disputes are not new, however, for herders in Kyrgyzstan, where glaciers…

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#COVID-19 leaving some Americans sick and hungry

“#COVID-19 leaving some Americans sick and hungry” The COVID-19 pandemic is not just making Americans sick, it’s leaving many hungry as well, and experts who gathered for a Harvard Chan School forum on the problem said that legislation to relieve the pandemic’s economic burden may be able to help. Sara Bleich, professor of public health…

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#Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy

“#Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy” DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination—including a COVID-19 vaccine…

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#Political divide? Not much when it involves negative news

“#Political divide? Not much when it involves negative news” Stuart Soroka. Credit: University of Michigan Here’s positive news during these times of turmoil, strife and political divide: in some ways, conservatives and liberals are not that different. Well, at least when it comes to how they react to negative versus positive information. In fact, people…

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