ICYMI – July’s Research News Highlights from NSF

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ICYMI – July’s Research News Highlights from NSF

Hummingbirds may struggle to avoid climate change

Thin, cold air makes high altitude relocation a challenge

Researchers uncover life’s power generators in Earth’s oldest groundwater

Secrets held in 1.2 billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold and uranium mine

Implants of cardiac muscle tissue could repair and reverse heart damage

Breakthrough technology promotes healthy tissue regrowth

Study shows that ‘green islands’ help forests regenerate after fire

Researchers characterize the role of fire refugia: Islands of live trees that remain

Borrowed gene helps maize adapt to high elevations, cold temperatures

Origins lie in precursor to modern-day corn that grows wild in the highlands of Mexico

Mysterious radio bursts from space detected

The object, first discovered in 2019, emits frequent and repetitive bursts of radio waves

Pigment or optical illusion? What makes this berry blue

Plant creates blue-colored fruits with layered fat molecules

New technology surpasses long-sought solar energy milestone

Engineers fabricate 30-year perovskite solar cell

Supercomputing simulation reveals weaknesses in HIV-1 defense

Realistic model could result in better understanding of the infection process and improved treatments

Scientists discover uncertainties in flood risk estimates

Results show a need to revise existing methods for calculating flood risk