What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of Jan 26, 2022

Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Alaska’s Arctic coastal towns face extensive inundation

Coastal erosion and land subsidence driven by permafrost thawing may lead to extensive seawater inundation

Coastal erosion and land subsidence driven by permafrost thawing may lead to extensive seawater inundation in northern Alaska communities by 2100, according to U.S. National Science …

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Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Astronomers identify record number of free-floating planets

Researchers examining archives find more than 70 Jupiter-sized orphan planets

An international team of astronomers, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, examined …

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Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Lizard lungs could be model for biotechnology design

Development and mechanics offer a framework for engineering artificial organs

Researchers at Princeton University studied the surprisingly simple and efficient lung development of lizards. The study, …

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Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Using citizen science data to investigate unseasonal flowering in Joshua trees

Scientists document the onset and ending of an abnormal blooming season

In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and the closely related Mojave yuccas, which normally remain reproductively dormant until late spring, were in full bloom at the tail end of autumn.

In a …

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