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Could all your digital photos be stored as DNA?

Jun 17, 2021

You can write the DNA and then store it forever.”Scientists have already demonstrated that they can encode images and pages of text as DNA. “It’s like trying to find a...

Most rivers run dry - now and then

Jun 17, 2021

It is the first-ever empirically grounded effort to quantify the global distribution of non-perennial rivers and streams. “These rivers can provide critical water and food sources for people and they...

As temperatures soar, California and Texas urge power conservation

Jun 17, 2021

Peak temperatures are forecast to reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46°C) in interior California through the week, according to the state's electric grid operator, which warned the biggest supply deficit could...

'Fentanyl has changed the whole landscape': San Francisco faces worst drug epidemic ever

Jun 17, 2021

Colwell said on average about 10 to 15 people who've taken fentanyl are treated in the San Francisco General emergency room a day, sometimes more. Naloxone (Narcan) is a medicine...

Algorithm reveals the mysterious foraging habits of narwhals

Jun 17, 2021

"We have shown that our algorithm can actually predict that when narwhals emit certain sounds, they are hunting prey. While the buzzing sounds are therefore interesting to researchers, it is...

VIU Canada Research Chair Developing Tools to Inform Forest Recovery Initiatives

Jun 17, 2021

Dr. Sean Sloan will build on expertise in the field of forest management, wildfire dynamics, and satellite Earth observation to develop a new understanding of the geography of forest recovery...

University elections 2021 on July 06

Jun 16, 2021

Vote-by-mail ballots can be requested until June 22 University elections 2021 on July 06On July 6, 2021 all students and most employees (see below) of TUM are called to vote....

Mountain fires burning higher at unprecedented rates

Jun 16, 2021

Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from McGill University. As wildfires advance uphill, a...

Major new study could help protect millions of people with type 2 diabetes from cardiovascular disease

Jun 16, 2021

A major new investigator-initiated study, coordinated by the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford and funded by the Danish healthcare company, Novo Nordisk, will test whether...

Teenagers at greatest risk of self-harming could be identified almost a decade earlier

Jun 16, 2021

They used this information to identify risk factors from early and middle childhood. The team identified two distinct subgroups among young people who self-harm, with significant risk factors present as...