Findings offer innovative ways to improve weather forecasting, measure climate-change impacts.
Stress in the Strands: Hair Offers Clues to Children’s Mental Health
University of Waterloo study shows long-term stress levels may signal mental health risks in children with chronic physical illnesses and guide early intervention.
Climate Change is Altering Nitrogen Composition in Arctic Rivers
Research shows shifting composition threatens marine ecosystems and highlights water quality impacts of global warming.
Scientists just found the “master switch” for plant growth
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they created a gene expression atlas that identifies rare stem cell regulators, links them to crop size and productivity, and offers a...
Strange ‘leopard spots’ in a Mars rock could be the strongest hint of life yet
NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered its most compelling clue yet in the search for life on Mars. A rock sample called “Sapphire Canyon,” taken from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater, shows unusual mineral patterns known as “leopard spots” that may have formed through microbial activity. While non-biological processes...
A volcano erased an island’s plants. Their DNA revealed how life starts over
Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an extinct purslane population to nearby Chichijima but found striking quirks—evidence of a founder’s effect and genetic drift. These discoveries shed...
Greenland Ice Sheet Gets a Refresh
Ice covers about 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles) of Greenland, forming the largest ice sheet on Earth outside of Antarctica.
U-M Scientists Discover Unique Brain Cell That May Hold Key to Alzheimer’s Disorientation
Losing your sense of direction is one of the earliest and most distressing signs of advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
Arctic-Bound Birds Can Still Keep Up With Climate Change – For Now
As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, birds species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster.
Microscopes Can Now Watch Materials Go Quantum With Liquid Helium
Scientists can now reliably chill specimens near absolute zero for over 10 hours while taking images resolved to the level of individual atoms with an electron microscope.