Artificial intelligence can be used to provide a more precise time of death, which could be crucial in murder investigations. The method was developed by researchers at Linköping University and the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine who…
Category: 5. Biology
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AI provides a more precise time of death post-mortem
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Succulent plants protect themselves through a variety of adaptation strategies
How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but by the interaction of entire sets of characters. Even closely related plants can follow very…
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Congo basin blackwater lakes are releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Tropical swamps and peatlands are critical players in Earth’s carbon cycle and, by extension, the global climate. In regions such as the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin, and the wetlands of Southeast Asia, thick layers of partially decomposed plant…
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190-million-year-old “Sword Dragon” fossil rewrites ichthyosaur history
A remarkably complete skeleton uncovered along the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a previously unknown species of ichthyosaur — a group of prehistoric marine reptiles that once dominated the world’s oceans.
The dolphin-sized…
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“Absolutely Huge” – Giant 400-Year-Old Black Coral Stuns Marine Researchers in New Zealand
Marine researchers were astonished by the size of a centuries-old black coral discovered in Fiordland. Researchers exploring the deep waters of Fiordland have documented an enormous black coral colony measuring 4 meters (about 13 feet) tall and…
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Southern Alaska killer whales eat a remarkably diverse diet, observations reveal
Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of fish consumed also differ greatly across foraging…
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Kelp: The planet's other forest crisis
The decline of California’s kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013–17 has seen only minor recovery despite heroic efforts at restoration carried out by scientists, fishermen, coastal tribes, volunteer divers and conservationists. Nor…
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High tg & autoclave resistant
Master Bond UV26DCMed is a one component, dual cure adhesive system designed for medical device assembly. It is specifically engineered for reusable devices that require repeated sterilization, including steam autoclaving, ethylene…
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Scientists Discover DNA Is Already Organized Before Life Switches On
Life’s genetic blueprint isn’t born in chaos—it’s built in 3D with precision from the very first moments. For many years, researchers believed that the DNA inside a newly fertilized egg began as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a loose,…
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Fast-paced lives demand faster vision: Ecology shapes how 'quickly' animals see time
Animals don’t just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds. That is according to a new study that considered 237 species across the animal kingdom, and which revealed that how fast…
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