Study area
The SNWDP mainly consists of the eastern route, the middle route, and the western route (Fig. 3). The MR-SNWDP is 1277 kilometers long, with a water supply area of 155,000 km2, flowing through Henan, Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin,…
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Author Correction: Electric vehicle battery chemistry affects supply chain disruption vulnerabilities
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate…
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Scientists just reconstructed half the neanderthal genome—thanks to Indian DNA
India’s population is genetically one of the most diverse in the world, yet it remains underrepresented in global datasets. In a study publishing in the Cell Press journal Cell, researchers analyzed genomic data from more than 2,700 people from…
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Candy colors, THC inside: How cannabis edibles are tricking teen brains
Bright colors, fruit imagery, and labels like “locally made” or “vegan” might seem harmless — but when used on cannabis edibles, they can send misleading messages to teens.
That’s according to a new Washington State University-led study…
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A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean
Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock rising from deep within the Earth beneath Africa.
These pulses are gradually tearing the continent apart and forming…
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NASA discovers link between Earth’s core and life-sustaining oxygen
For 540 million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen, according to a newly released analysis by NASA scientists. The research suggests that processes deep inside…
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Sex swap in seconds: The fish that takes charge and changes gender
Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have discovered that it takes mere minutes for a species of sex-changing fish to develop dominant behavior after a change in the pecking order.
The new study led by the Department of Anatomy and published on…
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Why cats prefer sleeping on their left side—and how it might help them survive
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This is the conclusion drawn by an international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats. The researchers see this bias as an evolutionary advantage because it favors…
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New test unmasks illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth
To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory — but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart, especially for non-experts. This leaves a possible…
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Hot tubs outperform saunas in boosting blood flow and immune power
Hot tubs and saunas can both soothe aching muscles and provide welcome warmth, but hot tubs might offer greater health benefits.
That’s the takeaway from a new study done by researchers in the Bowerman Sports Science Center at the University of…
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