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Scientist’s method could give months’ warning of major earthquakes

The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest over large areas, according...

Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to turn food waste into culinary treats using fungi. One of his collaborators is Rasmus Munk, head chef and...

Researchers identify basic approaches for how people recognize words

University of Iowa researchers have defined how people recognize words. In a new study with people who use cochlear implants to hear, the researchers identified...

Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards

Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct...

New chemical tool for infection research: Visualizing the sphingomyelin metabolism

At the end of the 19th century, the German pathologist Ludwig Thudichum isolated previously unknown fatty substances (lipids) from the brain. He named the...

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