News in Brief
- Life
Bats can carry MERS
DNA of a deadly respiratory virus has been found in a Saudi Arabian mammal.
- Earth
Millions in China at risk of exposure to arsenic-tainted water
Simulation shows possibly contaminated areas and predicts populations at risk.
- Life
Natural antifreeze prevents frogsicles
Sugar and other chemicals keep Alaskan frogs from freezing completely.
- Astronomy
Pictures of young star show unusual outbursts
Ejections from stellar newborn move faster and in different directions than astronomers thought.
- Ecosystems
Aging European forests full to the brim with carbon
Trees' capacity to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is dwindling.
- Climate
Flood damage to cost up to $1 trillion per year by 2050
Coastal cities with growing populations will be inundated by sea level rise.
- Life
To make biofuel, cut the lignin
Researchers disable key protein making plant sugars easier to access.
- Climate
Climate change carved canyons in Andes
Erosion came thanks to cooling and more rain, not tectonic activity.
- Planetary Science
NASA gives up on fixing Kepler
Space telescope’s days as a premier planet hunter are over.
- Psychology
Highlights from the American Sociological Association annual meeting
Research on social media's reluctant users, marital ideals and single parenthood and intimate victims of cybernastiness presented August 10-13 in New York City.
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- Astronomy
Magnetic field of black hole measured
Pulsar near Milky Way’s center makes first assessment of this type possible.
