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Environment: The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to the Earth or some parts of Earth.
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JUL 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
Artificial lighting can affect the eyesight of moths that rely on night-time vision, such as the elephant hawkmoth. The ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 13, 2021Microbiology
In nature, growing populations from bacterial colonies to humans tend to expand. In pulled expansions, the individuals a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Earth & The Environment
During the winter of 2019, a large and deep lake on the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica was lost in about a week. Abo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2021Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Earth & The Environment
Cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be predicted ten years in advance for the first time, thanks to a ne ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
When it comes to climate change, the Arctic is changing faster than any other place on Earth. One reason may be because ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2021Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.Written By: Anne MedinaJUL 04, 2021Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have identified both preferable and dangerous temperature ranges f ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have developed and successfully carried out a CRISPR-Cas9 p ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric plants are touted for their ability to provide so-called green energy, which aims to continue to satisfy d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Article Summary As the COVID-19 pandemic dies down, its effects will echo throughout the STEM field. Physics and chemist ...Written By: Claire AdamsJUN 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to expand biofuel production with geneticall ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 28, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A breakthrough study published in Nature describes a novel technique that can be used to peek inside lithium-ion batteri ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out how to more accurately track microplastics in the ocean using ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
Some have suggested that excess atmospheric carbon can promote plant growth, and maybe bigger plants would take up more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research from the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discusses the anthropogenic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain how volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Per ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Artificial lighting can affect the eyesight of moths that rely on night-time vision, such as the elephant hawkmoth. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 13, 2021
Microbiology
In nature, growing populations from bacterial colonies to humans tend to expand. In pulled expansions, the individuals a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Earth & The Environment
During the winter of 2019, a large and deep lake on the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica was lost in about a week. Abo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2021
Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be predicted ten years in advance for the first time, thanks to a ne
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
When it comes to climate change, the Arctic is changing faster than any other place on Earth. One reason may be because
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.
Written By:
Anne Medina
JUL 04, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have identified both preferable and dangerous temperature ranges f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have developed and successfully carried out a CRISPR-Cas9 p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric plants are touted for their ability to provide so-called green energy, which aims to continue to satisfy d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Article Summary As the COVID-19 pandemic dies down, its effects will echo throughout the STEM field. Physics and chemist
...
Written By:
Claire Adams
JUN 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to expand biofuel production with geneticall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 28, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A breakthrough study published in Nature describes a novel technique that can be used to peek inside lithium-ion batteri
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out how to more accurately track microplastics in the ocean using
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Some have suggested that excess atmospheric carbon can promote plant growth, and maybe bigger plants would take up more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research from the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discusses the anthropogenic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain how volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Per
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan