What’s hot in science and engineering? Research news for the day of May 17, 2022

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squirrel on a tree

Tue, 17 May 2022
New study exonerates some urban pests as one-of-a-kind disease reservoirs

Researchers studying whether animals living in cities carry different viruses

A research team led by U.S. National Science Foundation-grantee scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less threat for future pandemics than once thought.

In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the researchers 

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an opened pine cone on a tree

Tue, 17 May 2022
Forests’ ability to regenerate after disturbances depends on seed production

Findings could boost recovery and replanting after disasters

A forest’s ability to regenerate after devastating wildfires, droughts or other disturbances depends largely on seed production. Findings from two U.S. National Science

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