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| These geckos crash-land on rainforest trees but don't fall, thanks to their tails Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:51 AM PDT Many arboreal lizards leap and glide from tree to tree, but what if they can't glide to a gentle, four-point landing? Researchers documented many such leaps of the common house gecko, and found that they often hit trees headfirst and rebounded violently. Their recovery strategy -- grab on with the back feet and leverage their tail to prevent falling. The team created a soft robot with reactive tail that could replicate this previously unknown fall-arresting behavior. |
| Researchers identify new source for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Greater Tokyo Region Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:51 AM PDT Researchers have discovered geologic evidence that unusually large earthquakes and tsunamis from the Tokyo region -- located near tectonic plate boundaries that are recognized as a seismic hazard source -- may be traceable to a previously unconsidered plate boundary. |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:50 AM PDT A new study evaluates the association between a series of environmental factors and disease effects in over 400 patients. |
| Highly dynamic sex chromosomes in cichlid fishes Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT The cichlids of Lake Tanganyika in Africa are highly diverse -- including with regard to sex chromosomes. These have changed extremely frequently in the course of the evolution of these fish and, depending on the species, can be of the type XY or ZW. |
| Less salt, more protein: Researchers address dairy processing's environmental, sustainability issues Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT Researchers say the high salt content of whey -- the watery part of milk left behind after cheesemaking -- helps make it one of the most polluting byproducts in the food processing industry. In a new study, chemists demonstrate the first electrochemical redox desalination process used in the food industry, removing and recycling up to 99% of excess salt from whey while simultaneously refining more than 98% of whey's valuable protein content. |
| Deadlines may be effective in building support for climate change action Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT Human-caused climate change -- including increased extreme weather and climate events -- is here, according to the UN IPCC 2021 report, but the best way to communicate the concern is still debated. Deadline messaging has been criticized as causing people to feel hopelessness, despair and disengagement. However, a new study finds that this deadline messaging may be effective after all. |
| Painful fractures: Large eggs push small hens to the breaking point, study finds Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT The majority of laying hens in Denmark suffer from keel bone fractures, a new study reveals. The fractures appear to be the result of disproportionately large eggs, which push the hen's body to the breaking point. |
| Going up: Birds and mammals evolve faster if their home is rising Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT The rise and fall of Earth's land surface over the last three million years shaped the evolution of birds and mammals, a new study has found, with new species evolving at higher rates where the land has risen most. |
| TRACS set the stage in flatworm regeneration Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT A new study show that whole-body regeneration involves transcriptional changes in cells from all three germ layers (muscle, epidermis, and intestine) of the body, and that tissue from areas distant from, as well as nearby to the site of injury, contribute to the process of regeneration. |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2021 07:11 AM PDT New evidence discovered at Poverty Point in northern Louisiana by anthropologists challenges previous beliefs about how pre-modern hunter-gatherers behaved. |
| Decades after toxic exposure, 9/11 first responders may still lower their risk of lung injury Posted: 02 Sep 2021 07:11 AM PDT A new study shows that losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in those exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke and toxic chemicals. |
| Indigenous and local communities key to successful nature conservation Posted: 01 Sep 2021 04:14 PM PDT New research finds that Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide the best long-term outcomes for conservation. The research team studied the outcomes of 169 conservation projects around the world -- primarily across Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
| Patterns of income and urbanization impact mammal biodiversity in the concrete jungle Posted: 01 Sep 2021 09:40 AM PDT New research suggests that while there is an association between income and diversity of medium to large mammals, another factor is stronger: 'urban intensity', or the degree to which wild lands have been converted to densely-populated, paved-over grey cities. |
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