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Superior Fall Colors In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food. >> Read the Full Article

Discovery Provides Hope For Singing Dogs On Brink Of Extinction The New Guinea highland dog is nearly identical to a canine group previously thought to be extinct, according to a study co-authored by a Texas A&M professor. >> Read the Full Article

AgriLife Expands Statewide Water Commitment The effort aims to expand Texas A&M's statewide reach of water research and extension efforts. >> Read the Full Article

UMass Amherst Researchers Provide Weather Alerting Technology for Successful NASA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Demonstration Flight in Texas Researchers at the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) contributed to a recent successful joint demonstration in Fort Worth, Texas, of an unmanned aircraft system by Bell Textron Inc. and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). >> Read the Full Article

Heading Upriver Researchers gain new insights on river dynamics, which suggest that rivers may begin jumping course much farther in the coming years. >> Read the Full Article

Shedding Light on How Urban Grime Affects Chemical Reactions in Cities By collecting urban grime in cities, such as Syracuse, New York, scientists are showing how these molecules could affect chemical reactions. >> Read the Full Article

Greenland is on Track to Lose Ice Faster Than in Any Century Over the Past 12,000 Years, Study Finds If human societies don’t sharply curb emissions of greenhouse gases, Greenland’s rate of ice loss this century is likely to greatly outpace that of any century over the past 12,000 years, a new study concludes. >> Read the Full Article

In the Arctic, Extreme Air Pollution Kills Trees, Limits Growth by Reducing Sunlight An international team of scientists that includes a USDA Forest Service scientist based in New Hampshire used tree rings to document how “Arctic dimming,” the interference with sunlight caused by extreme pollution such as that at an industrial complex in northern Siberia, is killing trees and possibly affecting how trees respond to climate change. >> Read the Full Article

Breaking COVID-19’s ‘Clutch’ to Stop Its Spread Scripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, PhD, and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in human cell studies, bind and destroy the pandemic coronavirus’ so-called “frameshifting element” to stop the virus from replicating. >> Read the Full Article