A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass — and carbon storage — in some tropical rainforests, a …read more Source:: Science
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Billions of quantum entangled electrons found in ‘strange metal’
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•Physicists have observed quantum entanglement among ‘billions of billions’ of flowing electrons in a quantum critical material. The research provides the strongest direct evidence to date of entanglement’s role in …read more Source:: Science
In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes
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•Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid. …read more Source:: Science
Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
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•With unexpected findings about a protein that’s highly expressed in fat tissue, scientists have opened the door to critical new understandings about obesity and metabolism. The discovery could lead to …read more Source:: Science
How a member of a family of light-sensitive proteins adjusts skin color
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•Researchers have found that opsin 3 — a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision — has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced …read more Source:: Science
Hippos, the animal silicon pumps
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•The excrements of hippos play an important role in the ecosystem of African lakes and rivers. Because there are fewer and fewer hippos, this ecosystem is in danger. In the …read more Source:: Science
New species of early human found in the Philippines
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•Researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history. …read more Source:: Science
A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility
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•In the 1960s animated sitcom ‘The Jetsons,’ George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip. …read more Source:: Science
How team sports change a child’s brain
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•Adult depression has long been associated with shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region that plays an important role in memory and response to stress. Now, new research has linked …read more Source:: Science
Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt
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•Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheet is a leading contributor to global sea level rise, and a new study shows that an underappreciated factor — the position of the snowline on …read more Source:: Science