Nature News - Archive
Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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July 17, 2017
Satellite snafu masked true sea-level rise for decades
Revised tallies confirm that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the Earth warms and ice sheets thaw.
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July 12, 2017
Ant colonies flow like fluid to build tall towers
Insects' structural secrets offer model for designing swarm robots.
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July 12, 2017
How poverty affects the brain
An unprecedented study in Bangladesh could reveal how malnutrition, poor sanitation and other challenges make their mark on child development.
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July 7, 2017
Massive database of 182,000 leaves is helping predict plants' family trees
The technique could be used on everything from flowers to cells to examine the factors that influence the shapes of plant parts.
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July 6, 2017
Ancient-genome studies grapple with Africa’s past
Clutch of DNA analyses show that ancient humans moved around on the continent far more than has been appreciated.
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July 5, 2017
Get the glow: the secret to deep-water corals’ radiance
Organisms use red fluorescent protein to optimize light for photosynthesis.
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July 5, 2017
How to build a human cell atlas
Aviv Regev is a maven of hard-core biological analyses. Now she is part of an effort to map every cell in the human body.
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July 3, 2017
Seawater is the secret to long-lasting Roman concrete
Ancient recipe has lasted 2,000 years thanks to chemical reactions that result in a rare mineral.
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June 22, 2017
Air guns used in offshore oil exploration can kill tiny marine life
Lethal effects from pulses of sound used to probe the sea floor can travel over a kilometre.
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June 21, 2017
Modified viruses deliver death to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Engineered microbes turn a bacterium's immune response against itself using CRISPR.
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