Smaller female North Atlantic right whales have fewer calves: Declining body size may contribute to low birth rates
The declining body size of North Atlantic right whales may have critical consequences for the future of the species. New ...
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Family size may influence cognitive functioning in later life
A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and the Robert Butler Columbia Aging Center and Université ...
Brain size determined the chances of survival among large animals
Researchers at Tel Aviv University, and the University of Naples, have examined the mass extinction of large animals over the ...
Environmental helicity may affect the outer-core size of tropical cyclones
The outer-core size of tropical cyclones (TCs) is vital for evaluating their destructive potential. It is usually defined as the ...
Researchers boost rice yield by overcoming trait tradeoff between panicle number and size
Crop breeding is largely constrained by tradeoffs among different agronomic traits. Since many of these tradeoffs are caused by gene ...
New findings suggest that ‘one size does not fit all’ with regard to breast density education
(Boston)—Breast density notifications aim to educate women about the risks of high breast density, defined as having more fibroglandular tissue ...
Human fishing activity has direct and indirect consequences on salmon size
Human fishing activity has evolutionary consequences for Atlantic salmon maturity that work in opposing directions, according to a new study. ...
Being near pollinator habitat linked to larger soybean size
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that soybean crops planted near pollinator habitat produce larger soybeans than soybean ...
Size matters in particle treatments of traumatic injuries
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death in the U.S. among people 45 and under, and ...
Europe’s most valuable marine species “reduced to a fraction” of their current population size by 2100
Over one quarter of Europe’s 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is ...
In visual memory, size matters
Every day we encounter images on the wall, in newspapers, books, and electronic devices. Some become etched in our memory ...
Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet volume lag climate changes, such that today’s climate could still be affecting its size in thousands of years’ time
Editor's Note: The embargo will lift today at 2 PM ET as scheduled, so journalists are welcome to publish a ...
New study overturns popular theory on evolution of termite size
Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the head width of over 1500 species of termites and determined that their ...
CBD reduces glioblastoma’s size, supportive environment in experimental model
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 23, 2021) Inhaled CBD shrinks the size of the highly aggressive, lethal brain tumor glioblastoma in an animal ...
Watching the blink of a star to size up asteroids for NASA’s Lucy Mission
Gathering near Las Vegas recently, dozens of astronomers spread throughout the region, pointed their telescopes at the sky and waited ...
TESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury
Ultra-short-period planets are small, compact worlds that whip around their stars at close range, completing an orbit — and a ...
Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
Micro-sized cameras have great potential to spot problems in the human body and enable sensing for super-small robots, but past ...
The secret to DNA packing to one-millionth its size
Threads or earphone cables placed in tight spaces get easily tangled. On the contrary, our body's long and loose DNA ...
Size matters for bee ‘superorganism’ colonies
Scientists have carefully studied the intricacies of how individual organisms live and act together in groups known as biological collectives. ...
Hagfishes break the cell size limit to make large slime threads
Researchers find large hagfishes grow extremely large cells in order to produce stronger threads that are used in their defensive ...
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Data contradict fears of COVID-19 vaccine effects on pregnancy and fertility
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Price and convenience can drive consumers to purchase cannabis from illegal, rather than legal, sources: Study
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Atom-by-atom growth chart for shells helps decode past climate
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‘Democracy’ governs mass jackdaw take-offs
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Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
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Scientists discover a potential new marker to personalized therapy for breast cancer