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Marine life hit by ‘perfect storm’ as Red List reveals species near extinction

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Illegal and unsustainable fishing, fossil fuel exploration, climate crisis and disease are pushing marine species to the brink of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with populations of dugong, abalone and pillar coral at risk of disappearing forever. Marine life is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of human overconsumption, …

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Oldest DNA Ever Discovered Reveals Thriving Ecosystem Lost in Time - IGN

Oldest DNA Ever Discovered Reveals Thriving Ecosystem Lost in Time – IGN

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Scientists have identified the oldest DNA ever discovered and, in doing so, revealed a complex ecosystem that existed two million years ago in modern Greenland, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Nature . The double helix-shaped molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (or DNA for short) is present in almost every cell …

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Quantum Processor Reveals Photon Bound States Remain Strong Even Amid Chaos

Quantum Processor Reveals Photon Bound States Remain Strong Even Amid Chaos

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A ring of superconducting qubits can host “bound states” of microwave photons, where photons tend to clump together on neighboring qubit sites. Credit: Google Quantum AI The researchers used a quantum processor to make the microwave photons unusually sticky. They coaxed them into clumping together into bound states, then discovered that these photon clusters survived …

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Arks of Genetic Diversity

New research reveals how genes turn on and off

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By Linda B. Glaser, Cornell University December 5, 2022 Researchers from Cornell University have revealed how a key mechanism in genes is controlled. Researchers at Cornell University have discovered a crucial mechanism in gene control through the study of yeast, a simple organism needed to produce beer and bread. Gene transcription, the complex process by …

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Osteoarthritis: a multi-ancestry analysis reveals new genetic loci associated with the disease

Osteoarthritis: a multi-ancestry analysis reveals new genetic loci associated with the disease

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The first large multi-ancestry genetic study of osteoarthritis, or osteoarthritis, found 10 new genetic loci associated with osteoarthritis, and the results showed that some of the regions associated with osteoarthritis are found robustly in every ancestry of the population studied. The first large multi-ancestry genetic study of osteoarthritis, or osteoarthritis, found 10 new genetic loci …

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New quantum dot study reveals implications for biological imaging

New quantum dot study reveals implications for biological imaging

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Graphic abstract. Credit: Nano-letters (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03563 A new study involving researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has taken an important step in the synthesis of multifunctional photonic nanomaterials. In an article published in the journal Nano-letters, they report the synthesis of “giant” core-shell semiconductor quantum dots with record emissive lifetimes. Additionally, lifetimes …

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Giant Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is More Active Than Thought

Giant Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is More Active Than Thought

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An artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of hot, floating rock – rising from deep within Mars and pushing up Elysium Planitia, a plain in the planet’s northern lowlands. The volcanism at Elysium Planitia originates from the Cerberus Fossae, highlighted in red, a collection of young fissures that stretch more …

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A Murder in the Amazon Reveals What the Fight for the Rainforest Is All About

A Murder in the Amazon Reveals What the Fight for the Rainforest Is All About

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ISouth of the Amazon, just at the crossroads of two dirt roads, is a small bar a little set back from the highway. There’s no name above the door because it’s part of a house, actually, but everyone calls it Guiga’s bar, after its owner. Like many bars dotted around the area, Guiga’s is run …

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