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Nature conservation efforts need to more dynamic to weather the effects of climate change

In a hard-hitting new paper leading ecologists and climate change, specialists argue that current nature conservation practices are not sufficiently flexible and dynamic to weather the impacts of climate change.

10 Dec 2020

Forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change

Widespread forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change - but will come with a steep cost if deployed as broadly as policymakers have discussed, new research suggests.

3 Dec 2020

New DNA-cutting tool could advance gene editing for novel treatments

Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more quickly with a new tool for cutting larger pieces of DNA out of a cell's genome, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists.

21 Oct 2020

Researchers determine how prokaryotic and single-celled origins contribute to human evolution

Immune responses are produced by a complex, hierarchical organization of the immune system, tissues, organs, and components.

7 Sep 2020

Finned nanoporous materials can speed up molecular transport

Thousands of chemical processes used by the energy industry and for other applications rely on the high speed of catalytic reactions, but molecules frequently are hindered by molecular traffic jams that slow them down.

11 Aug 2020