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“#Scientists shed new light on how seabirds cruise through air and water” Puffins, a member of the Alcidae family. Credit: Daniel Zatz (CC BY-NC 2.0 – creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) New insight on how four species of seabirds have developed the ability to cruise through both air and water has been published today in the open-access journal eLife. The…
“#Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem” PPPL physicist Christopher Smiet helped produce findings that could bring fusion-produced electricity closer to being a reality. Credit: Pamela Serai A challenge to creating fusion energy on Earth is trapping the charged gas known as plasma that fuels fusion reactions within a strong magnetic…
“#Florida still deadliest state for lightning as storms roll into busiest time of year” Credit: CC0 Public Domain While Florida is referred to as the Sunshine State, it could also go by the name of electric reaper given its status as the deadliest state for lightning strikes. It’s National Lightning Safety Awareness week, and with…
“#Microscope allows gentle, continuous imaging of light-sensitive corals” Using the L-SPI microscope to visualize the re-infection of an Astrangia polyp (cyan from reflected light) with algae (red from chlorophyll fluorescence), injected by pipette into the mouth of the polyp. Credit: Loretta Roberson Corals are “part animal, part plant, and part rock—and difficult to figure out,…
“#SwRI’s SLED-W algorithms detect crude oil on water” This image depicts the SLED-W machine vision system processing visual images of oil on water (left) and thermal data (right). Algorithms compare visual and thermal data to determine if oil is present on water. Credit: Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute has developed computer-based techniques to accurately…
“#New winter squash decline research paves the way for understanding the disease” Winter squash field. Credit: Hannah Rivedal Winter squash is an important crop grown in the Willamette Valley, and the most important processing cultivar, Golden Delicious, has been grown in Oregon since the 1970s. Over the last two decades, however, growers have noticed yield…
“#How a protein’s small change leads to big trouble for cells” Credit: CC0 Public Domain In molecular biology, chaperones are a class of proteins that help regulate how other proteins fold. Folding is an important step in the manufacturing process for proteins. When they don’t fold the way they’re supposed to, it can lead to…
“#Scientists investigate epigenetic impact across whole genome” Scientists from the OIST Plant Epigenetics Unit grew the epigenetic mutant strains of Arabidopsis thaliana in different trays under artificial light. Credit: OIST All life depends on a genome, which acts as an instruction manual for building all the products essential for development and survival. But knowing which…
“#EPA’s relaxed enforcement of pollution reporting due to COVID-19 ends in August” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Environmental Protection Agency will end a temporary policy that relaxed reporting requirements on pollutants due to the coronavirus at the end of August, amid criticism that the pandemic policy has jeopardized public health. Democratic lawmakers, several states and…
“#Outer Banks wild horses get mass DNA testing to uncover true lineage” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The history of those wild horses roaming North Carolina’s Outer Banks has long been shrouded in mystery, with most historians believing they descend from mustangs brought by Spanish settlers 500 years ago. An exact origin may never be proven,…