Karl Linden looks at a bacterial culture in his lab.

Engineering a world of safer water

Nov. 11, 2019

Karl Linden believes that wherever you are in the world, you should be able to turn on a tap and receive clean drinking water. He's working on new ways to make that happen.

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Seed availability hampers forest recovery after wildfires

Oct. 2, 2019

A lack of tree seedling establishment following recent wildfires is limiting coniferous forest recovery in the western U.S., new research finds.

Sea stars huddle together under Antarctic ice

Antarctic marine protection treaty offers lessons for global conservation

Sept. 20, 2019

Researchers reflect on the lessons learned from a landmark multinational agreement protecting Antarctica's Ross Sea.

Chinook salmon released into Yukon River in Alaska, USA.

Researchers partner with Native Alaskan, Yukon communities to study climate impacts on rivers, fish

Sept. 17, 2019

Researchers at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) have been awarded $3 million to study the changing climate and rivers of Alaska and western Canada.

Picture of cardiac cells on a hydrogel

Mimicking the heart鈥檚 microenvironment

Sept. 11, 2019

Researchers have developed biomaterial-based 鈥渕imics鈥 of heart tissues to measure patients鈥 responses to an aortic valve replacement procedure, offering new insight into the ways that cardiac tissue reshapes itself post-surgery.

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A key 鈥榢ill switch鈥 in a gene-regulating protein group

Sept. 9, 2019

A key regulatory process in a gene-suppressing protein group that could hold future applications for drug discovery and clinical treatment of diseases, including cancer.

Arctic sea ice

A year in the ice: Researchers join historic mission to the Arctic

Aug. 12, 2019

Dozens of 精品SM在线影片 researchers will take part in the MOSAIC expedition, which will send an icebreaker ship into the winter pack ice to drift for an entire year.

Brian Robb and Michael Marshak

A high-performance battery for renewable energy storage

July 25, 2019

A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.

An ice sheet in Antarctica, which scientists are now better able to measure

A clearer picture of global ice sheets

July 9, 2019

Improvements in satellite imaging and remote sensing equipment have allowed scientists to measure ice mass in greater detail than ever before.

Lara Vimercati examines a nieves penitentes structure on Volc谩n Llullaillaco in Chile

Even in jagged volcanic ice spires, life finds a way

July 8, 2019

High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities and an oasis for life in one of Earth鈥檚 harshest environments.

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