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ICYMI – August’s Research News Highlights from NSF

Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck theory

Revealing the history of a U.S. East Coast barrier island

Could a computer diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and dementia?

Researchers develop an artificial intelligence program that detects cognitive impairment accurately

What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition

Hundreds of millions or even billions of ponds exist globally

Researchers develop computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help protect bees from pesticides

Citizen astronomer helps identify more than 30 ultracool dwarf binary systems

Discovery nearly doubles the number of known ultracool dwarf binaries

Destruction and recovery of kelp forests driven by changes in sea urchin behavior

Long-term study of kelp forest dynamics highlights the critical role of sea urchin behavior

Risk of death surges when extreme heat and air pollution coincide

Researchers used a new analytic approach to study more than 1.5 million deaths across California

Water resources to become less predictable with climate change

Declining snowpack will cause more variability in runoff, streamflow

Scientists use new technique to identify changes in lakes and reservoirs around the world

First-of-its-kind dataset will provide new insights into land and water use and climate change

To keep up with evolving prey, rattlesnakes tap genetically diverse venom toolbox

Snakes maintain a broad and diverse toolkit of genes that encode snake venom