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Size not important for fish in the largest mass extinction of all time
Understanding modern biodiversity and extinction threats is important. It is commonly assumed that being large contributes to vulnerability during extinction crises. However, researchers have found that size played no role in the extinction of fish during the largest mass extinction … Continue reading
Globally important nitrous oxide emissions from croplands induced by freeze–thaw cycles
Nature Geoscience 10, 279 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2907 Authors: Claudia Wagner-Riddle, Katelyn A. Congreves, Diego Abalos, Aaron A. Berg, Shannon E. Brown, Jaison Thomas Ambadan, Xiaopeng Gao & Mario Tenuta Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
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‘What do old books smell like?’ Preserving smells as important cultural heritage
A ‘Historic Book Odour Wheel’ has been developed to document and archive the aroma associated with old books. Researchers created the wheel as part of an experiment in which they asked visitors to St. Paul’s Cathedral’s Dean and Chapter library … Continue reading
Viruses in genome important for our brain
Over millions of years retroviruses have been incorporated into our human DNA, where they today make up almost 10 per cent of the total genome. A research group has now discovered a mechanism through which these retroviruses may have an … Continue reading
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Squinzi says Expo 2015 too important for legal trouble
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-f2bdab2c7774cdd9ce9347e47d0169c5.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Squinzi says Expo 2015 too important for legal trouble” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-f2bdab2c7774cdd9ce9347e47d0169c5.jpg” (ANSA) – Milan, March 21 – Milan Expo 2015 is too important to the Italian economy and its recovery from recession to be put … Continue reading
Renzi calls election deal ‘important step forward’
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-0dbf27e7abcf0906ae481c5974e8d5c9.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Renzi calls election deal ‘important step forward’” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-0dbf27e7abcf0906ae481c5974e8d5c9.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Rome, March 4 – Premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday called am election-reform deal struck with the center-right opposition “an important step forward”. … Continue reading
Mars findings ‘make space travel important’ says Parmitano
(see related) (ANSA) – Rome, December 9 – Astronaut Luca Parmitano, who became the first Italian to walk in space earlier this year, said Monday that the findings that Mars could have hosted life make it even more necessary to … Continue reading