North Carolina State University researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes—nonanal—to a two-chemical combination of other sex pheromones helped increase the cocktail's effectiveness ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2023
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Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fast.
Environment
Apr 11, 2023
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The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity to every light, television, heating system, cellphone and computer on the planet. Unfortunately, on average, about 5% of the power generated ...
Superconductivity
Mar 24, 2023
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Growing awareness of microplastics in the ground and in freshwater highlights the need to tackle an environmental threat generally associated with oceans.
Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2023
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Plants do not possess nerves and muscles that enable rapid movement in animals. However, Mimosa pudica, commonly called touch-me-not, shame or sensitive plant, moves its leaves by bending the motor organ "pulvinus" immediately ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2022
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Across virtually every sector, the greening of the global economy is unfolding far too slowly to stave off climate catastrophe, according to a sobering report Wednesday from a consortium of research organisations.
Environment
Oct 26, 2022
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Across virtually every sector, the greening of the global economy is unfolding far too slowly to stave off climate catastrophe, according to a sobering report Wednesday from a consortium of research organizations.
Environment
Oct 26, 2022
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California's chance of power outages will grow in the coming days, as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heat wave, officials said Sunday.
Environment
Sep 5, 2022
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Hundreds of firefighters endured triple-digit temperatures Thursday battling against a wildfire along a major highway, as the western United States bakes under a fearsome heat dome.
Environment
Sep 1, 2022
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Following decades of disappointment, environmental activists celebrated Sunday's narrow vote in the U.S. Senate for the nation's biggest investment, by far, in the fight against climate change.
Environment
Aug 8, 2022
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