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New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated

Mar 25, 2021

25 March 2021New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimatedFORESTS The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the argument that even the oldest forests...

Olli Vapalahti and Tarja Sironen receive the J.V. Snellman Award

Mar 25, 2021

The University of Helsinki has presented the J.V. Snellman Award since 1981 to a member of the University community for outstanding efforts to disseminate scholarly knowledge. Tarja Sironen, associate professor...

For first time, images capture black hole’s magnetic fields

Mar 25, 2021

The image marks the first time astronomers have captured and mapped polarization, a sign of magnetic fields, so close to the edge of a black hole. Scientists still don’t understand...

Predicting a COVID-19 outbreak? There's an app for that.

Mar 25, 2021

Available via both Google Plus and Apple's App Store, COVID Control tracks symptoms such as fever, loss of taste/smell, nausea, and others, and provides a publicly viewable map showing the...

Bilingual babies prefer baby talk - in any language

Mar 25, 2021

Babies prefer baby talk in any language, but particularly when it’s in a language they’re hearing at home, according to a new study including close to 700 babies on four...

Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologizes

Mar 25, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor...

UBC experts team up to tackle air pollution with network of sensors

Mar 25, 2021

UBC experts team up to tackle air pollution with network of sensors Science, Health & TechnologyAir pollution is an urgent problem linked to as many as nine million deaths per...

After backlash, Merkel ditches stricter Easter lockdown

Mar 25, 2021

"The idea of an Easter shutdown was drafted with the best of intentions. We urgently need to stop and reverse the third wave of the pandemic," Merkel told reporters on...

The Kennel Club Genetics Centre to re-open as part of the University of Cambridge

Mar 24, 2021

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has funded the centre since its initial launch at the Animal Health Trust in 2009. Professor James Wood, Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine...

Weeks into spring break, adults under 50 spur COVID-19 rise in Florida tourism hubs

Mar 24, 2021

College students have arrived in the South Florida area for the annual spring break ritual. City officials are concerned with large spring break crowds as the coronavirus pandemic continues. ©...