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Nature is a quantum engineer

Physics

Why nature is the ultimate quantum engineer

Historically, researchers believed that quantum properties disappear at the scale of biology, but there is increasing evidence that this isn't the full story, says physicist Clarice Aiello

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Life

Invasive blue crabs are poised to devastate the global clam supply

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An MRI scan of a section through the chest and heart of someone who had a heart attack showing damage and swelling (yellow, centre)

Health

Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

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Life

The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

Culture

Angela Stevenson, 39, a marine scientist for GEOMAR, dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected, in Laboe, Germany July 10, 2023. The group of scientists collect seeds for research into planting the seeds and breeding a more heat resistant seagrass for the SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

Life

Photos capture mission to rescue seagrass meadows in the the Baltic

Regulars

Planting seagrass in Sardinia

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Project aims to grow one million seagrass plants in Mediterranean Sea

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Life

Cuvier's beaked whale seen grieving dead calf for first time

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A grey wolf hunting pacific salmon

Life

Nearly a third of coastal wolves in Alaska are eating sea otters

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The pygmy right whales the world's smallest baleen whale

Life

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed

The pygmy right whale doesn't go on long migrations for food or reproduction, unlike most other species of baleen whale

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Life

Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

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Health

Intermittent fasting could boost immunity in addition to weight loss

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Technology

The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

Features

Life

Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater

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