Fewer than one percent of people who get the flu every year get tested, in part because most tests require trained personnel and expensive equipment. Now researchers have developed a low-cost paper strip test that could allow more patients to find out which type of flu they have and get...
Boosting biodiversity without hurting local economies
Protected areas, like nature reserves, can conserve biodiversity without harming local economic growth, countering a common belief that conservation restricts development. A new study outlines what is needed for conservation to benefit both nature and people.
Study challenges popular idea that Easter islanders committed ‘ecocide’
Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places -- a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. Eventually, their numbers ballooned to unsustainable levels, they wrecked the environment, and their civilization collapsed....
Resiliency shaped by activity in the gut microbiome and brain
A new study has found that resilient people exhibit neural activity in the brain regions associated with improved cognition and regulating of emotions, and were more mindful and better at describing their feelings.
Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of drought
A professor analyzes the conflicting impacts of human activities on extreme spring droughts.
AI-driven plant root analysis
As part of an investigation to boost agricultural yields and develop crops that are resilient to climate change, Berkeley Lab scientists have introduced RhizoNet, a computational tool that harnesses the power of AI to transform how we study plant roots and root behavior under various environmental conditions. A paper describing...
Unifying behavioral analysis through animal foundation models
Behavioral analysis can provide a lot of information about the health status or motivations of a living being. A new technology makes it possible for a single deep learning model to detect animal motion across many species and environments. This 'foundational model', called SuperAnimal, can be used for animal conservation,...
Promise green hydrogen may not always be fulfilled
Green hydrogen often, but certainly not always, leads to CO2 gains.
PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet
What do you give to an ocean that has everything?
Future Urban Climates
Climate change has already begun to transform planet Earth, and over the next few decades these dramatic transformations are expected to accelerate in an ongoing response to greenhouse gas emissions.