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Phys.org / A global carbon credit program risks rewarding the wrong behavior
A United Nations-backed framework for protecting tropical forests could allow governments to collect income from carbon credits without advancing forest conservation. The weakness lies in how the program calculates baselines, ...
Tech Xplore / How electric vehicles could back up the power system
Electric vehicles (EVs) could do more for our environment than simply replace gasoline. Published in Joule, a new assessment of EV charging strategies suggests that EVs could serve as a vast network of mobile batteries, storing ...
Medical Xpress / Looking back to protect the future: New insights into influenza immunity
A new study from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity shows that seasonal influenza vaccination does more than protect against viruses circulating that year; it can also prime the immune system to respond ...
Medical Xpress / First functional brain atlas shows how communication networks change from infancy to old age
If you want to know more about how the human brain matures and changes over time, you can now consult the first comprehensive atlas that maps brain organization from infancy all the way through to advanced old age. To create ...
Phys.org / NASA's Artemis II mission launches on first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years
Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
Phys.org / Protostars 'sneeze' and produce rings of gas and magnetic flux as they grow
Researchers have uncovered new insights into the early development of baby stars. As published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a research team from Kyushu University and Kagawa University reports that during the early ...
Medical Xpress / How disinfectants influence microbes across hospital rooms
Just because a topical antiseptic is swabbed on the skin doesn't mean it stays on the skin. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists studied how a powerful antiseptic, called chlorhexidine, affects bacteria in hospital ...
Phys.org / Nature's photocopiers caught 'doodling'—scientists say it could revolutionize how DNA is written
New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ability to create entirely new and highly sophisticated DNA sequences from scratch. The study, led ...
Tech Xplore / Wary of news media, Silicon Valley builds its own
When OpenAI acquired the tech podcast TBPN this week, it wasn't just buying a show—it was buying a message.
Phys.org / Time lapse video shows trees give visual clues as they rehydrate each spring
With the arrival of spring a few weeks ago, new buds and colors on the trees started to appear. Along with that new growth, a UBC Okanagan researcher has determined that some trees in spring also provide simple, visual clues—raised ...
Phys.org / Watering smarter, not more: A modern-day robotic divining rod
Advanced technology can help farmers get to the root of a growing problem—overwatering in an era of increasing drought and water scarcity. A new UC Riverside system can map soil moisture tree by tree, so growers water only ...
Medical Xpress / The challenge of delivering evidence‑based medicine in children's care
It is easy to overlook the fact that over 90% of medical treatments are not backed by strong evidence. People can find it frustrating—even infuriating—when a review concludes that the evidence for a treatment is too weak ...
