ALMA observations reveal multiscale fragmentation in massive star formation

Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the ...
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More than half the world’s forests fragmented in 20 years — but protection works: Study

“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square [386-square-mile] tropical forest … it’s moist and damp [with] rich soil and an overstory. You imagine walking into a 10-meter [33-foot] ...
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Assessing landscape structure and pattern fragmentation in semiarid ecosystems using patch-size distributions

Spatial vegetation patterns are recognized as sources of valuable information that can be used to infer the state and functionality of semiarid ecosystems, particularly in the context of both climate ...
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Tropical forest fragmentation nearing ‘critical point,’ study finds

In addition to having severe repercussions for animals like jaguars and tigers that require vast tracts of connected habitat, forest fragmentation has a big carbon footprint. A new physics-based study ...
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Initial Yields of DNA Double-Strand Breaks and DNA Fragmentation Patterns Depend on Linear Energy Transfer in Tobacco BY-2 Protoplasts Irradiated with Helium, Carbon and Neon Ions

The ability of ion beams to kill or mutate plant cells is known to depend on the linear energy transfer (LET) of the ions, although the mechanism of damage is poorly understood. In this study, DNA ...