Natural selection is a process whereby heritable traits that enhance survival become more common in successive generations, while unfavorable heritable traits…
As a group of researchers lead by colleagues from the University of Bonn found out, at the same time, tiny single-cell organisms are spreading rapidly through…
Researchers from San Francisco State University found that nitrogen entering the ocean — whether through natural processes or pollution — boosts the growth…
However, particles from inside the solar system bounce off this boundary and neutral atoms from that collision stream inward. Those particles can be observed…
In a paper published Feb. 4, 2013, in the Astrophysical Journal, researchers, including lead author Nathan Schwadron of the University of New Hampshire,…
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