Welcome To The Demarest Nature Center
The Demarest Nature Center is located in Demarest, NJ, USA, and is open to all persons, residents and non-residents alike, every day of the year. In addition to preserving and protecting important open space here in the midst of a large metropolitan area, the center seeks to educate young and old alike as to the beauty of nature and the importance of protecting our environment.
We, the trustees of the Demarest Nature Center Association, encourage you to use this site to find out more about the Demarest Nature Center and its programs. Click on the topic of your choice and find out more. The links will tell you about the Center, introduce you to our events and endeavors, and also take you to other nearby nature centers, as well as environmental organizations, National Parks, and suggestions for things to do. The site is constantly growing and being updated, so we hope you will come back again and again.
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Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02111-3Rhombohedral boron nitride films have a unique combination of properties that make them desirable in electronic and optical applications. An innovative method can be more
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Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01461-2RNA-guided recombinase enzymes have been discovered that herald a new chapter for genome editing — enabling the insertion, inversion or deletion of long DNA more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02086-1Past attendees of the Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting describe how the event can benefit early career researchers. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02110-4Visa rules, funding and evolving net-zero targets are among scientists’ concerns as UK citizens prepare to vote next week. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01650-zAmphibian species around the world are threatened with extinction by the deadly fungal disease chytridiomycosis. A simple, low-cost solution to provide warm conditions enables more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07552-4A bispecific non-coding RNA expressed by the IS110 family of mobile genetic elements forms the basis of a programmable genome-editing system that enables the more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02082-5Demonstrations are on the rise, and scientists are revealing which types work best. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07656-xRetraction Note: Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01648-7Models of the human brain’s cortex have been made by combining cells from up to five donors. This approach could enable genetic background to more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02083-4Science and reason underpinned early surveys, but sociopolitical ideals left their mark on the nation too, a historical account concludes. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07604-9In an application of terahertz phonon engineering, terahertz phonons were generated, detected and manipulated through precise integration of atomically thin layers in van der more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07723-3Buried interface molecular hybrid for inverted perovskite solar cells more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01647-8Carbon storage in Earth’s oceans is controlled by deep-sea mixing processes, but the details have proved difficult to test. Ambitious efforts to track ocean more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02081-6Artificial-intelligence algorithms could identify scientists who need support with translating their work into real-world applications and more. Leaders must step up. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01649-6Insect respiration is commonly thought to rely solely on direct gas exchange through air-filled tracheal tubes. The discovery of oxygen-transporting blood cells in fly more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02100-6A molecule increases levels of a protein that maintains telomeres, the caps on the ends of chromosomes. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02045-wBlockbuster weight-loss drugs have been linked to unexplained pregnancies. Research shows it is plausible, but more data are needed. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02108-yProject covering one-fifth of the country’s population is one of the largest-ever efforts to share results on genetic health risks with research participants. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07561-3Using an optical lattice to suspend atoms, the gravitational attraction of a miniature source mass can be determined by an atom interferometer with much more
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Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07582-yArtificial thermal refugia—sites heated to temperatures higher than that of the surrounding environment—provide a way to protect an endangered Australian frog species from a more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01766-2The justices rule that the US government can keep talking to scientists and social-media firms with the aim of curbing falsehoods online. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07554-2Cells actively sense external and internal signals to stay quiescent or proliferate, and this trigger relies on being in a reversible primed G1 state more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02087-0Vishwanath Srikantaiah works to restore India’s historic wells to provide better protection for water resources. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07599-3Comparison of terahertz spectroscopy measurements with theoretical results for the Heisenberg–Ising chain antiferromagnet demonstrates the existence of repulsively bound magnons in large transverse fields more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02066-5Full-body, continuous wearable ultrasound will benefit health care and biomedical research. Seven key obstacles must first be overcome. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07570-2Using cryo-electron microscopy, the structural mechanism by which non-coding bridge RNA confers target and donor DNA specificity to IS110 recombinases for programmable DNA recombination more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07567-xA chemical reservoir computer based on the formose reaction has been discovered that can perform several nonlinear classification tasks in parallel, predict the dynamics more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07741-1Mechanism for the initiation of spliceosome disassembly more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07625-4By incorporating chiral molecules into conventional superconductor lattices such as TaS2 to form a hybrid superlattice, non-centrosymmetry could be introduced and can be shown more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07607-6Zinc acts as a second messenger in root nodules and regulates nitrogen homeostasis by controlling the transition between the active state and the inactive more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07583-xDrosophila haemocytes collaborate with the tracheal system to reserve and transport oxygen through the phase transition of PPO2 crystals, facilitating internal oxygen homeostasis in more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07600-zWe use connectomics to compare the wiring logic of premotor circuits controlling the Drosophila leg and wing, finding that both premotor networks cluster into more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07613-8Fusion of rice Pong transposase to the Cas9 or Cas12a programmable nucleases provides sequence-specific targeted insertion of enhancer elements, an open reading frame and more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07457-2A photonic platform enables miniaturization and scalability of titanium:sapphire photonic technology, reducing footprint and cost by three orders of magnitude. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07411-2A dye-release experiment within a sloping submarine canyon provides direct evidence that vigorous mixing at topographic features, such as canyons, leads to rapid diapycnal more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07617-4A reconstruction of Cenozoic marine biodiversity in the Indo-Australian Archipelago reveals decreasing rates of net diversification and identifies the factors that have established it more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07550-6Solution and cryogenic electron microscopy studies using IS21 as a model transposase system show how AAA+ ATPases induce structural changes to prime target DNA more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07534-6An extended nonlinear recharge oscillator model shows skilful and explainable El Niño–Southern Oscillation forecasts at lead times up to 16–18 months, better than global climate more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01646-9Lasers are essential in scientific laboratories and medical clinics across the globe, but integrating them into other technologies is not easy. A material platform more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07598-4RNA-guided transcription factors arose repeatedly via the domestication of transposon-encoded tnpB genes, representing a parallel evolutionary path to CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity. more
Nature, Published online: 26 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07591-xContrary to expectations, offers of free transportation to vaccine sites did not increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake more than text message reminders, a finding that more
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Emerald ash borer beetles have killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the U.S. Now, researchers are nurturing ash that can withstand the insects, in the hope of producing more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02117-xScientists got the first-ever unimpeded view from Earth of a rare aurora spanning more than 3,000 kilometres across the North Pole. Plus, ‘fantastic’ particle more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07736-yPublisher Correction: Fabrication of red-emitting perovskite LEDs by stabilizing their octahedral structure more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02088-zImports threaten the natural environment of Darwin’s favourite islands, and a reader ponders the longevity of carps, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive. more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02097-yMonthly cash transfers reduce risk of poverty — and higher amounts do not lead to higher spending on tobacco or alcohol. more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02089-yEstablish a global day to tackle postpartum haemorrhage more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02090-5How societies respond to environmental stressors needs detailed studies more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02109-xPersonal circumstances and commitments often add to the pressures faced by older graduate students. Nature sought advice from some who have risen to the more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02091-4AI machine translation tools must be taught cultural differences too more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02122-0Google, Microsoft and others are describing their AI models as open source while disclosing little key information. Plus, self-driving cars’ safety record remains unclear more
Nature, Published online: 25 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02101-5Scientists are eager to work on Chang’e-6 rock samples, which touched down in the Chinese autonomous region Inner Mongolia today. more
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According to the 1972 articles of Incorporation, the purposes of the organization are:
- To acquire or lease undeveloped lands and establish thereon educational building(s).
- To develop natural history and conservation education programs in cooperation with schools, colleges, hospitals, youth groups and other organizations which will develop an understanding and appreciation of natural resources.
- To cooperate with national, state, county, municipal and private natural resource agencies in providing an outdoor laboratory in which to demonstrate natural resource problems and management techniques.
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The DNC sponsors numerous programs to bring residents of Demarest and the surrounding areas into closer contact with wildlife and the natural world. Programs have varied, including lectures on native plants, family hikes, maple syrup making, bird watching & counts, birdhouse building, mushroom foraging walk, community trail walk and children’s scavenger hunts. Local outdoor activities have been held at the Nature Center, Wakelee Field, various school grounds, and at the Duck Pond.
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Since its incorporation in 1977 the Demarest Nature Center Association has cared for a 55-acre parcel of land bordered by Columbus Road on the west and County Road on the east. The Demarest Nature Center is open to all every day of the year. In addition to protecting woods, vernal ponds, meadows, and a section of the Tenakill Brook, as well as establishing and maintaining walking trails, the center provides educational events for everyone about the beauty of nature and the importance of preserving our amazing forest habitat. Your membership dollars go towards sponsorship of environmental education programs for kindergarten through the fourth grade in the Demarest schools, and a yearly scholarship given to a local high school senior who plans to pursue environment-related studies in college. Your membership also helps support our birdhouse/bird feeder building program, our annual photo contest, maple syrup making, environmental scholarships, monthly community trail walks and the Craft Show at Oktoberfest/Fall Festival Event.
The Demarest Nature Center Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, run solely by volunteers and receives no funding from the Borough of Demarest.
Residents of Demarest receive all DNC mailings as postal patrons. Non-resident members receive DNC mailings by 1st class mail.
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