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A race to identify species, before they vanish , redirectHere’s a mind-boggling concept: Many scientists think that there are more species yet to be discovered than have been discovered already. Even after hundreds of millions of specimens have been collected and catalogued, we are still lacking information about many species, particularly in the diverse tropical regions. To truly understand the biodiversity of our natural habitats, we need faster methods to survey and identify species, so that we can determine the most important areas to conserve.
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J.E. “Jeb” Barrett: Weather ‘whiplash’ in Antarctic may help us anticipate the effects of future climate changes in Virginia , redirectA polar Vortex in February 2021 caused record cold temperatures over most of the U.S., including my family’s farm in Hiwassee, where the cold snap killed over 200 of our lavender plants that had already begun to bud out following an unusually warm January. This was when I started getting interested in “weather whiplash,” rapid changes in weather conditions from one extreme to another.
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Webster Santos: Exercise in a pill , redirectTweaking the molecules by adding and removing pieces like a Lego, we can plug the enzyme or transporter to block its signal. We have been successful in demonstrating that our strategy works in both cells and animal models of kidney disease.
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